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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Orielensis, post: 4255995, member: 96898&quot;]Welcome to CT, [USER=111387]@Herodotus[/USER], and thanks for introducing yourself!</p><p><br /></p><p>I also had been lurking for a long time before I started posting in this forum, and I have to say that collecting ancients became a lot more fun and educative for me because of this forum. (Yet, you should know that this is exactly the wrong place to stop collecting – consider this a warning... <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />)</p><p><br /></p><p>That&#039;s a nice Seleucid elephant you have there. Here are some of my numismatic tachyderms to keep it company:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1085278[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Roman Republic, imperatorial issue of Q. Caecilius Metellus Pius, AR denarius, 81 BC, Northern Italian mint. Obv: diademed head of Pietas r.; to right, stork standing r. Rev: Q C M P I; elephant standing l., wearing bell around neck. 17mm, 3.55g. Ref: RRC 374/1. Ex JB collection; ex AMCC 2, lot 105 (their picture).</font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3">[ATTACH=full]1085277[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="3">Roman Republic, Imperatorial Coinage, Julius Caesar, AR denarius, 49–48 BC, military mint moving with Caesar. Obv: [CA]ESAR; elephant walking r., trampling snake. Rev: priestly implements: culullus, aspergillum, axe, apex. 20mm, 3.70g. Ref: RRC 443/1. Ex Artemide, eLive Auktion 8, lot 208.</font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3">[ATTACH=full]1085276[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="3">Satavahana Empire, later Satakarni ruler, BI karshapana, ca. 107–248 AD, minted in northern Deccan region. Obv: Elephant with raised trunk r., remains of legend. Revers: Dynastic symbol. 17mm, 2.58g. Ref: see Mitchiner 4963–4967 (different legends).</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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