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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;benhur767, post: 2978938, member: 36818&quot;]Some lions here:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]732553[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Caracalla.</b> AR antoninianus, Rome mint, struck 216 CE; 24mm, 3.88g, 12h. BMC 177 var (differing bust type)., RIC 283b, RSC 368. Obv: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM; radiate and draped bust right, seen from behind. Rx: P M TR P XVIIII COS IIII P P; Lion, radiate, advancing left, holding thunderbolt in his jaws. EF</p><p><br /></p><p><i>From the Yves Gunzenreiner Collection.</i></p><p><br /></p><p>––––––––––</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]732556[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Caracalla</b> (as Augustus). Thrace, Pautalia, 198–217 CE. Æ28, 15.87g. Ruzicka 669. Obv: AV K M AVP ANTΩNINΟC; head laureate right, draped and cuirassed. Rx: OVΛΠIΛC ΠΛVTΛ / LIΛC in exergue; Emperor on horseback charging right, thrusting spear at lion. Very rare; not in BM. Dark green patina; good F/F.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>ex Wayne C. Phillips</i></p><p><i>From the Jean-Pierre Righetti Collection.</i></p><p><br /></p><p>––––––––––</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]732558[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Philip I (the Arab).</b> 244–9 CE. AR antoninianus, Ludi Saeculares issue. Rome mint, 1st officina. 9th emission, struck 248 CE; 23.5mm, 4.27g, 1h. RIC IV 12, RSC 173. Obv: IMP PHILIPPVS AVG; radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right. Rx: SAECVLARES AVGG; lion advancing right; I in exergue. Commemorating the 1000th Anniversary of Rome. EF.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>From the Elvira E. Clain-Stefanelli Collection.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>––––––––––</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>[ATTACH=full]732560[/ATTACH] </i></p><p><b>Gallienus. </b>253–68 CE. Billon antoninianus, Antioch mint, struck 265 CE; 23mm, 3.74g. MIR 1622b, RIC V S602, RSC IV 842a. Obv: GALLIENVS AVG; radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust left. Rx: P M TR P XIII / C VI P P; lion standing left; bucranium to left; below, palm frond to left. VF.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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