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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ryro, post: 4552344, member: 91461&quot;]With the emperors thread teetering to a close and me having just won a wonderful lot, from Tauler &amp; Fau, of Gallienus zoo/beast coins, I thought it would be fun to see how close we can get to filling Gallienus Zoo!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1127127[/ATTACH]</p><p>As you all probably know, Gallienus zoo coins, coins minted under the man with his and his wife&#039;s image on the obverse and animals and mythical creatures on the reverse, are one of the most popular (and affordable) collecting nitches in the hobby!</p><p><img src="https://media.giphy.com/media/qDKGnloCO6QPC/giphy.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s how it will work: We have the list of critters below, supplied by the wonderful, CT Rookie of the year, [USER=110350]@DonnaML[/USER] (whom has some wonderful creatures of her own that I hope will be shared!), from [USER=75937]@Roman Collector[/USER]&#039;s thread on the numbered officianae <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/numbered-officinae-on-the-rome-mint-issues-of-gallienus.358895/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/numbered-officinae-on-the-rome-mint-issues-of-gallienus.358895/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/numbered-officinae-on-the-rome-mint-issues-of-gallienus.358895/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Post as many as you would like, but if you have one that hasn&#039;t been shown please highlight or bold the type so we can keep track and mark it off the list.</p><p><br /></p><p>Centaur walking left holding globe</p><p>Centaur walking right with bow and arrow</p><p>Centaur galloping right, with bow and arrow held up to sky</p><p>Gryphon walking left</p><p>Gryphon walking right</p><p>Gryphon seated left</p><p>Antelope left</p><p>Antelope right</p><p>Doe left, head turned back to right</p><p>Doe right, head turned back to left</p><p>Stag left</p><p>Stag right</p><p>Gazelle left</p><p>Gazelle right</p><p>Lion left</p><p>Boar right</p><p>Goat left</p><p>Goat right</p><p>Panther left</p><p>Panther right, &quot;rampant&quot; (head facing upwards)</p><p>[No mention of tigress, but he does give examples of a striped big cat left, which he identifies as a &quot;lioness&quot;]</p><p>Criocampus [mythical beast with head and forelimbs of ram, and body and rear of fish] swimming right</p><p>Hippocamp [head and forelimbs of horse, body and rear of fish] swimming left</p><p>Hippocamp swimming right</p><p>Capricorn [head and forelimbs of goat, body and rear of fish] swimming right</p><p>Pegasus left, rearing up on hind legs</p><p>Pegasus right, rearing up on hind legs</p><p>Bull standing left</p><p>Bull standing right</p><p>Antelope left [different officina from earlier antelope]</p><p>Antelope right [ &quot; &quot; &quot; ]</p><p><br /></p><p>I will get the ball rolling with a real dog that I got from that lot of 17 coins for 30 bucks (before shipping) that is the second hardest of the series to come by (something like less than half of a percent are of the boar)!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1127128[/ATTACH]</p><p><b><u>Gallienus</u></b>,</p><p>A.D. 253-268.</p><p>Æ Double Denarius. Rome, A.D. 267/8. Radiate head of Gallienus right. Rv. HERCVLI CONS AVG, <b><u>Calydonian boar</u></b> standing right; E. 4.2 gr, 22mm, RIC 202. Göbl 729b. RSC 317. The second toughest of Gallienus&#039; CONS AVG series to acquire.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ex: Tauler &amp; Fau</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I wonder how many types we can mark off the list? DO we combined have all of them???<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie12" alt="o_O" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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