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Iceni/ AV Stater ND/ unknown Ruler/ Mint
Norfolk Wolf standing left/ Bird on rump
obv: Apollo Head
Two examples known according to Chris Rudd
Next up: Another abstract coin

 

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My favorite horse made with the fewest lines:
Muhammad Qarlugh 1249-1259 AD AE jital, Sind, 3.5g


Next: a horse with no rider or vehicle

 

THESSALY, LARISSA
AR Trihemiobol
OBVERSE: Head of the nymph Larissa right, wearing pendant earring
REVERSE: ΛAPI above, ΠΛE in exergue, horse right, about to roll
Struck at Larissa 370-360 BC
1.4g, 12mm
BCD Thessaly II 274; Hoover, Volume 4 under "trihemiobols (c. 1.5g)" on page 146, number 474. R2 = Very Rare...3-24 extant examples

Next: Another horse w/o rider or vehicle

 

next: Boeotia shield

 

Another Iceni issue
AV Quarter Stater ND
Unknown Ruler/ Mint
Struck circa 65-45BC
another from Rudd Auction

Next up: Antelope

 

Boeotian shield was first:
Thebes stater 371-338 BC


Next: a shield that is not round or oval

 

COMMODUS
AR Denarius. 3.33g, 18mm. Rome mint, Autumn - Dec AD 177. RIC (Marcus Aurelius) 646; Cohen 270. O: L AVREL COMMODVS AVG GERM SARM, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. R: IVNONI SISPITAE TR P II IMP II COS P P, Juno Sospita, advancing right, brandishing javelin in right hand and holding shield in left; in front, snake.

Next: a deity named with an epithet

 

Perhaps Victorious Athena qualifies:

Mysia, Pergamon, 159-133 BC, Æ (18.9mm,6.45g, 12h)
Obv: Helmeted head of Athena right
Rev: ΑΘΗΝΑΣ ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟΥ, military trophy facing, monogram right of trophy and right of legend

Next: a coin of Asia minor

 

Mysia/ Kyzikos
EL Hemihekte (1/12 Stater) ND 535-500BC
Kyzikos Mint
Wildboar on a Tunny Fish
Quadripartite Incuse Square
Next: more stuff from Asia Minor

 

Pergamum, Mysia
AR Cistophorus

Next: Coin showing snake

 

SNAKE


RImp Octavian AR Quinarius 29-28 BCE Asia Recepta Victory Cista Snakes S 1568

Next: Lizard

 

Apollo Sauroktonos:


Macrinus, AD 217-218.
Roman provincial Æ pentassarion, 12.64 g, 27 mm, 1 h.
Moesia Inferior, Nicopolis, Legate Marcus Claudius Agrippa, AD 218.
Obv: ΑV Κ ΟΠΠΕΛ CΕVΗ ΜΑΚΡΙΝΟC, laureate head, right.
Rev: VΠ ΑΓΡΙΠΠΑ ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ ΠΡΟC ΙCΤΡΩ, Nude Apollo with crossed legs standing right, his right arm drawn back, his left on a tree trunk, from which a lizard leaps across to him.
Refs: AMNG I 1687; Moushmov 1210; Hristova and Jekov 8.23.7.2; Varbanov 3348; Mionnet Suppl. 2, p. 148, 541.

Next: Nude dude.

 

Next: big butt

 

AV Quarter Stater ND
Cunobelinus 10-45AD King of Catevellauni
Horse has a big rearend
Next up: Big Boobs

 

I will post a "modern" one that I got from Elsen Auction

Imperial Russia
Katharina II Von Anhalt-Zerbst aka "The Great"
AV Poltina 1777 St. Petersburg Mint
Next up: same topic but "ancient"

 

Commemorative Series. AD 330-354. Æ Follis Constantinople mint, 5th officina. Struck under Constantine I, AD 333-335.
O: VRBS ROMA, helmeted and mantled bust of Roma left
R: She-wolf standing left, suckling the twins (Romulus and Remus); two stars above; CONSE.
RIC VII 78

NEXT: A silver coin featuring 'She-wolf suckling the twins'

 

An antoninus of Philip I with the she-wolf and twins on the reverse:



If you don't think that counts as silver (and the color is quite silvery), then here's the reverse of the anonymous Republican denarius I posted quite recently in the "birds" thread:



Next: another coin of Philip I or his family with an animal on the reverse.

 

Oh boy! An excuse to show off my elephant!


Philip I, AD 244-249.
Roman AR Antoninianus, 3.73 g, 22.4 mm, 7 h.
Rome, AD 247.
Obv: IMP PHILIPPVS AVG, radiate and draped bust, right.
Rev: AETERNITAS AVGG, elephant guided by mahout with goad and wand, walking left.
Refs: RIC 58; Cohen 17; RCV 8921; Hunter 31.

Next: Somebody riding an elephant or riding in a vehicle drawn by an elephant.

 

Yours is VERY nice @Roman Collector ! Like the Mahout!



Seleukid Seleukos I
312-280 BCE
AR Tet 14.46g
Seleukia on Tigris. Zeus -
Athena driving a quadriga of 4 horned elephants
SC 130

Next: ROMA

 

Marcus Caecilius Metellus ROMA, M. METELLVS. Q. F, Macedonian shield.
Next, post a non-helmeted Roma!