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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Severus Alexander, post: 3180067, member: 84744&quot;]Obviously this thread idea struck a chord! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s my newest lion:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]819341[/ATTACH] </p><p>Divus Maximianus, died 310, Quarter Follis (17 mm, 2.10 g), Rome, 317-318, issued by Constantine. DIVO MAXIMIANO SEN FORT IMP Laureate and veiled head of Divus Maximianus to right. Rev. MEMORIAE AETERNAE / R Q Lion advancing to right; above, club. RIC 120. Rare.</p><p><br /></p><p>And an Islamic lion:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]819356[/ATTACH] </p><p>Bahri Mamluk: Baybars (1260-1277), AR Dirham, Cairo; AH 6X4 (664 or 674, i.e. 1265/6 or 1275/6).&nbsp; During the period in which this coin was struck, Baybars was rolling over the Crusader possessions in Asia.&nbsp; The ill-fated eighth (Louis IX, Charles of Anjou) and ineffectual ninth crusades (Edward I of England, Charles of Anjou) were launched in response to Baybars&#039; successes.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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