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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;eparch, post: 4615465, member: 89211&quot;]I think describing leopards as panthers is no more than an irritating convention. </p><p>Here is my example - the leopards have large spots on their necks</p><p>and some on their hindquarters</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1143196[/ATTACH]</p><p>Caracalla Æ29 of Seleucia ad Calycadnum, Cilicia. After AD 212.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;AV K•M•A• ANTΩNINOC, laureate bust right / [CEΛEYKE-ΩN] TΩN ΠPOC KAΛYKA Δ ΝΩ, Dionysos standing to right in biga drawn by two&nbsp; leopards , holding thyrsos in right hand and, kantharos in left, from which he pours wine over the head of one of the panthers which is turned back to left; to right, Silenos kneeling facing, his head turned to left and his right hand outstretched to catch some falling wine.</p><p><br /></p><p>SNG France 986; SNG Levante 746 = SNG von Aulock 5830. </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;13.17g, 29mm, 6h.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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