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<p>[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 3372833, member: 96898"]Nice coins and write-up! Also, I always enjoy your snippets from Banduri.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are some more lions (and lion scalps):</p><p><br /></p><p>Lycian lion:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]894585[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Dynasts of Lycia, Perikles, AR 1/3 stater, ca. 380–360 BC: Obv: Lion scalp facing. Rev: PERIKLE in Lycian script; triskele. 14mm, 2.76g. Ref: SNG von Aulock 4254–5. </font></p><p><br /></p><p>Lion from Troas:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]894586[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Antandros, Troas, AE11, 4th–3rd c. BC. Obv: Laureate head of Apollo r. Rev: Roaring lion's head r. 11mm, 1.90g. Ref: SNG Copenhagen 218. (seller's picture)</font></p><p><br /></p><p>Herakles wearing lion skin headdress:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]894595[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Alexander III "the Great," Kingdom of Macedonia, Ar tetradrachm, 325–323 BC, Amphipolis mint (under Antipater). Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin. Rev: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, rooster standing left. 26mm, 17.17g. Ref: Price 79; Troxell 1997, issue E3. Ex CNG, e-auction 376, lot 47; ex Tiberius collection; ex AMCC 1, lot 39.</font></p><p><br /></p><p>Another hercules with lion skin headdress:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]894596[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Roman Republic, moneyer: M. Atilius Serranus, AE quadrans, 148 BC, Rome mint. Obv: Head of Hercules r.; behind, three pellets. Rev: Prow r., above, M . ATILI (die break); below, [ROMA]. 17mm, 4.16g. Ref: Crawford 214/5a. Ex Savoca, Blue Auction 16, lot 913.</font></p><p><br /></p><p>A lion from Norman Sicily:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]894594[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">William II "the Good", Norman Kingdom of Sicily, follaro, bronze 1166–1189 AD, Messina or Palermo mint. Obv: Lion's head left. Rev: Kufic script: "al-malik Ghulyalim al-thani" ('King William the second'). 14mm, 1.87g. Ref: Spahr 118.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 3372833, member: 96898"]Nice coins and write-up! Also, I always enjoy your snippets from Banduri. Here are some more lions (and lion scalps): Lycian lion: [ATTACH=full]894585[/ATTACH] [SIZE=3]Dynasts of Lycia, Perikles, AR 1/3 stater, ca. 380–360 BC: Obv: Lion scalp facing. Rev: PERIKLE in Lycian script; triskele. 14mm, 2.76g. Ref: SNG von Aulock 4254–5. [/SIZE] Lion from Troas: [ATTACH=full]894586[/ATTACH] [SIZE=3]Antandros, Troas, AE11, 4th–3rd c. BC. Obv: Laureate head of Apollo r. Rev: Roaring lion's head r. 11mm, 1.90g. Ref: SNG Copenhagen 218. (seller's picture)[/SIZE] Herakles wearing lion skin headdress: [ATTACH=full]894595[/ATTACH] [SIZE=3]Alexander III "the Great," Kingdom of Macedonia, Ar tetradrachm, 325–323 BC, Amphipolis mint (under Antipater). Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin. Rev: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, rooster standing left. 26mm, 17.17g. Ref: Price 79; Troxell 1997, issue E3. Ex CNG, e-auction 376, lot 47; ex Tiberius collection; ex AMCC 1, lot 39.[/SIZE] Another hercules with lion skin headdress: [ATTACH=full]894596[/ATTACH] [SIZE=3]Roman Republic, moneyer: M. Atilius Serranus, AE quadrans, 148 BC, Rome mint. Obv: Head of Hercules r.; behind, three pellets. Rev: Prow r., above, M . ATILI (die break); below, [ROMA]. 17mm, 4.16g. Ref: Crawford 214/5a. Ex Savoca, Blue Auction 16, lot 913.[/SIZE] A lion from Norman Sicily: [ATTACH=full]894594[/ATTACH] [SIZE=3]William II "the Good", Norman Kingdom of Sicily, follaro, bronze 1166–1189 AD, Messina or Palermo mint. Obv: Lion's head left. Rev: Kufic script: "al-malik Ghulyalim al-thani" ('King William the second'). 14mm, 1.87g. Ref: Spahr 118.[/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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