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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 4277435, member: 75937&quot;]Fun thread! Horses do lots of things on coins.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>They graze:</b></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/valerian-i-alexandria-troas-jpg.1030806/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Valerian I, AD 253-260,</p><p>Roman provincial AE 19 mm, 4.83 g, 7 h.</p><p>Troas, Alexandria Troas, AD 253-260.</p><p>Obv: IMP LICINI VALERIANV, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust, right.</p><p>Rev: COL AVG TRO, horse feeding, right.</p><p>Refs: BMC 17.29, 159; cf: Bellinger A 436, SNG von Aulock 7573, SNG Copenhagen 191, Mionnet Suppl. V 313-314 (variations of inscriptions).</p><p><br /></p><p><b>They pull wagons:</b></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/domna-ephesus-carpentum-2-jpg.977656/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Julia Domna, AD 193-217</p><p>Roman provincial Æ 29.3 mm, 13.67 g, 6 h.</p><p>Ionia, Ephesus, AD 193-217.</p><p>Obv: CЄBACTH IOY ΔOMNA, bare-headed and draped bust, right.</p><p>Rev: ЄΦЄϹΙΩΝ TPIC NЄΩKOPΩN, carpentum drawn right.</p><p>Refs: SNG Copenhagen 417; BMC 267 var. (obv legend).</p><p><br /></p><p><b>They pull chariots at breakneck speed!</b></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/philistis-jpg.905985/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Philistis, wife of Hieron II.</p><p>Greek AR 5 litrae.</p><p>Syracuse 270-230 BCE, 4.46 gm, 18.1 mm.</p><p>Obv: Diademed and veiled head, l., palm branch behind.</p><p>Rev: ΒΑΣΙΛΙΣΣΑΣ ΦΙΛΙΣΤΙΔΟΣ, Nike driving biga to left, E in l. field.</p><p>Refs: SNG ANS 893; SNG III (Lockett) 1017; Forrer 196.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>They carry riders at a more leisurely pace:</b></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/trebonianus-gallus-adventvs-avg-antioch-antoninianus-jpg.1028406/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Trebonianus Gallus, AD 251-253.</p><p>Roman AR antoninianus, 3.82 g, 19.7 mm, 11 h.</p><p>Antioch, second series, AD 251-252.</p><p>Obv: IMP C C VIB TREB GALLVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust, right.</p><p>Rev: ADVENTVS AVG, Emperor on horseback, left, raising right hand and holding scepter.</p><p>Refs: RIC 79; Cohen 2; RCV 9622; Hunter 56; ERIC II 44.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>And they carry them at a full gallop:</b></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/macedon-koinon-pseudo-autonomous-jpg.929518/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Time of Severus Alexander, AD 231-235.</p><p>Quasi-autonomous AE 25.1 mm, 11.60 g, 7 h.</p><p>Koinon of Macedon.</p><p>Obv: AΛЄΞANΔPOV, diademed head of Alexander the Great with flowing hair, right.</p><p>Rev: KOINON MAKЄΔONΩN NЄΩ, Alexander, his cloak fluttering behind him and raising right arm, galloping his horse, right.</p><p>Refs: AMNG III 388; cf. BMC Macedonia p.24, 120; cf. Lindgren II 1374.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Sometimes they even fly!</b></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/gallienus-soli-cons-avg-winged-horse-antoninianus-jpg.833895/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Gallienus, 253-268 AD.</p><p>Roman Æ Antoninianus, 19 mm, 2.41 g.</p><p>Rome Mint 267-268 AD.</p><p>Obv: GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head right.</p><p>Rev: SOLI CONS AVG, winged horse right, springing heavenward, A in exergue.</p><p>Refs: RIC 283K; Göbl 712b; Cohen 979; RCV 10362; Hunter 127.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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