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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 7641467, member: 110350&quot;]If you go to page 2 of this thread, to the list of types at <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/gallienus-wants-you-to-help-build-the-ct-zoo.361207/page-2#post-4554343" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/gallienus-wants-you-to-help-build-the-ct-zoo.361207/page-2#post-4554343">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/gallienus-wants-you-to-help-build-the-ct-zoo.361207/page-2#post-4554343</a>, you will see that the list includes the deity associated with each animal.&nbsp; The only one that doesn&#039;t make a lot of sense to me is the association of the criocamp (mythical beast with head and forelimbs of ram, and body and rear of fish) with Mercury rather than Neptune.</p><p><br /></p><p>In terms of the legionary series, see my post at <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/two-gallienus-animal-reverses-that-are-not-part-of-his-zoo-series.368770/#post-4966036" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/two-gallienus-animal-reverses-that-are-not-part-of-his-zoo-series.368770/#post-4966036">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/two-gallienus-animal-reverses-that-are-not-part-of-his-zoo-series.368770/#post-4966036</a>, which includes a link to the list of the legions and their emblems depicted in that series, at <a href="http://www258.pair.com/denarius/cgi-bin/erfind.pl?sstring=legio+milan" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www258.pair.com/denarius/cgi-bin/erfind.pl?sstring=legio+milan" rel="nofollow">http://www258.pair.com/denarius/cgi-bin/erfind.pl?sstring=legio+milan</a>. Note that several animals served as the emblem of more than one legion -- e.g., the bull for three legions [VII, VIII, and X]. </p><p><br /></p><p>This is my only example from the legionary series (which for whatever reason is much harder to find than the Zoo Series) -- a bull as the emblem of Leg. VIII Augusta, based in Strasbourg, France (then Argentoratum in Gaul):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1313990[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The obverse is pretty bad, but I like the bull.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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