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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 4614708, member: 110350&quot;]The article discusses the panther as a legendary creature rather than a real animal, but is poorly sourced and actually addresses only the medieval period.&nbsp; As far as I&#039;m concerned, the apparently ancient illustration -- which isn&#039;t identified -- is simply a leopard.&nbsp; By the way, I do realize that a black panther has spots which you can see up close -- that&#039;s why I called it a melanistic leopard (or jaguar in the New World).</p><p><br /></p><p>In any event, I&#039;m pretty sure that the animal on my coin is supposed to be a leopard.&nbsp; I have no explanation as to why most panthers on ancient coins seem to be portrayed without spots or other body markings, unless they&#039;re intended to be black panthers.&nbsp; I don&#039;t know if the ancients realized that a leopard and a black panther were actually the same animal.&nbsp; But it would seem that they did, because they called both of them panthers.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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