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<p>[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 4585222, member: 57495"]Congrats on the acquisition and thanks for the in-depth writeup. The reverse on mine is closest to the BM reverse you show in terms of arrangement and apparent animal type. For the identification of the seven animals, I largely went with what was used in the auction catalog - "ostrich, lion, zebra, bear and stag right, bull butting left, bear right, head left."</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1135562[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I have to agree there's no reason to say it's a zebra when there are no stripes visible, not to mention the fact that Dio specifically mentions wild asses, but I'd find it difficult to use "panther attacking a bison" in my description when the 5th animal from the left, clearly horned, looks nothing like a panther, and much more like a gazelle or antelope.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 4585222, member: 57495"]Congrats on the acquisition and thanks for the in-depth writeup. The reverse on mine is closest to the BM reverse you show in terms of arrangement and apparent animal type. For the identification of the seven animals, I largely went with what was used in the auction catalog - "ostrich, lion, zebra, bear and stag right, bull butting left, bear right, head left." [ATTACH=full]1135562[/ATTACH] I have to agree there's no reason to say it's a zebra when there are no stripes visible, not to mention the fact that Dio specifically mentions wild asses, but I'd find it difficult to use "panther attacking a bison" in my description when the 5th animal from the left, clearly horned, looks nothing like a panther, and much more like a gazelle or antelope.[/QUOTE]
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