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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pellinore, post: 3373211, member: 74834&quot;]From the other side of our age spectrum, here&#039;s a Venetian token with TWO lions on it, a large and fierce one, armed with a book, a halo and large wings, and a meek one with a sore paw, comforted by a friendly senior: </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]894786[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>AE jeton Venice. Tessera for paying ducal toll (‘pedaggi doganali’), type ‘Androcles and the Lion’. 13th-14th cent. Obv. Lion of St. Mark with book, four flowers. Rev. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Androcles_and_the_Lion_(play)#Plot" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Androcles_and_the_Lion_(play)#Plot" rel="nofollow">Androcles and the Lion</a>/ 8 bizanti (dots). 24 mm, 5.50 gr. Vanni about nr. 240. </p><p><br /></p><p>And around the year 1000 AD we have this clawy animal with horizontal stripes, could it be a snow leopard? It&#039;s from the Qarakhanid dynasty in Central Asia, that was newly converted to Islam, but still carried characteristics from other religions: Buddhism and Manichaeism. According to a recent study by Shamsiddin Kamoliddin, Manichaeism was a strong undercurrent in Qarakhanid cultural life. </p><p><br /></p><p>This is only one of many coins showing Manichaeist elements. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]894799[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>AE fals Qarakhanids. Yusuf bin Abd Allah. Chach 396AH = 1006 AD. Obv. Cheetah (?) with stripes and curly tail walks to the right. 22 mm. 1.47 gr. Album 3306A. Cannito-Fedorov 20<i>. </i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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