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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Valentinian, post: 2951193, member: 44316&quot;]There are many animals on coins of Roman Alexandria, Egypt. Here are two large AE drachms of Hadrian (117-138), one with the river god Nilus Reclining on a tiny hippo, and one with Nilus reclining on a crocodile.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]721010[/ATTACH]</p><p>36 mm. Large! Nilus holds cornucopia and papyrus reed, reclining on a (tiny) hippo.</p><p>IS above&nbsp; (16, for the perfect flood level of the Nile).</p><p>L ΔWΔEK&nbsp; (year twelve) in exergue.&nbsp; AD 127/8.</p><p>Emmett 1015. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]721013[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>32 mm. LIH (year 18) AD 133/4</p><p>Nilus reclining on a crocodile, holding cornucopia and papyrus reed.</p><p>Emmett 1014. Sear II 3776.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you wanted to collect animals (and mythological animals) in a limited way, animals from the Alexandria mint would make a nice group.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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