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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;IdesOfMarch01, post: 3102444, member: 39084&quot;]Thanks, everyone, for your posts and the menagerie illustrated by these Roman coins.&nbsp; I often wonder if the Romans back on the mainland thought that some of these animals were mythical (like the chimaera and griffin from Greek mythology) or knew that they were actually real.&nbsp; Possibly the games in the Colosseum were sufficient proof that these were indeed living animals.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This is a great coin, on which I was the underbidder at the most recent auction where it was offered (no, AJ was not the other bidder; he acquired it through a somewhat circuitous route some time after the auction).&nbsp; The crocodile&#039;s limbs are clearly discernible, as is the Sphinx head on which Nilus is resting his arm.&nbsp; The artistry is superb.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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