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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsman, post: 3345868, member: 99177&quot;]Maybe already done some times, but I am looking forward to see those beautiful coins with animals that gave presence in the &#039;theatre of dead&#039; in Rome. </p><p><br /></p><p>I made a list (nope, I stole it from the internet) with animals that were transported from their natural habitats to be slaughtered at the Colosseum. Even the giraffe could pass through the gates ! The list is not exhaustive, but it is long enough.....</p><p><br /></p><p>Wild boar *** Bulls *** Bears *** Deer *** Stags *** Dogs *** Wolves *** Goats *** Antelopes *** Buffaloes *** Snakes *** Camels *** Donkeys *** Jackass *** Hyena *** Giraffes *** <u>Lions</u> *** Tigers *** Leopards *** Cheetahs *** Panthers *** Elephants *** Crocodiles *** Jaguars *** Chimpanzees *** Apes *** Baboons *** <u>Hippopotamus</u> *** Rhinoceros *** Crocodiles *** </p><p><br /></p><p>Please copy the list and <u>underline</u> the animals that you attach so others know what we we&#039;re still missing. If you have ten, only do one or two photos so others can contribute as well. Hope this will work <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>As a start I throw in two coins. The lion and the hippopotamus. I wonder what they did with a hippopotamus in the arena <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]886032[/ATTACH] </p><p>Otacilia Severa, Antoninianus </p><p>22-23 mm; 4.05g; </p><p>Obv. OTACIL SEVERA AVG Draped bust on crescent to right. </p><p>Rev. SAECVLARES AVGG Hippopotamus standing to right; in exergue IIII. </p><p>RIC IV, III p. 82, 116b.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]886033[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Philip I AR Antoninianus. </p><p>3,74g</p><p>Obv. IMP PHILIPPVS AVG, radiate, draped &amp; cuirassed bust right </p><p>Rev. SAECVLARES AVGG, lion walking right, I in ex. </p><p>RIC 12, RSC 173.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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