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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 3345939, member: 56859&quot;]A single <b>ostrich</b> and better depiction than the tiny ostrich on my Septimius Circus denarius:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/gordianiii-ostrich-hadrianopolis-rt-jpg.559812/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>THRACE, Hadrianopolis. Gordian III </b></p><p>AE 18 mm, 2.59 gm</p><p>Obv: AVT K M ANT ΓORΔIANOC AVΓ; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.</p><p>Rev: AΔPIANOΠOΛEITΩN; ostrich running right like stevex6 is chasing it with a basting brush</p><p>Ref: Varbanov 3833, rare</p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-now-extinct-animal-on-a-roman-coin.287175/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-now-extinct-animal-on-a-roman-coin.287175/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-now-extinct-animal-on-a-roman-coin.287175/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>A solo <b>bear</b>:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_3efb7ae46e1248198ef26a182b439cb4~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1000,h_511,al_c,q_90/ae43f8_3efb7ae46e1248198ef26a182b439cb4~mv2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>MYSIA, Hadrianothera. Hadrian</b></p><p>After CE 123</p><p>Æ 16 mm, 2.30 gm</p><p>Obv: AΔPIANOC AYΓOYCTOC; bare head right</p><p>Rev: AΔPIANOΘHPITN; head of she-bear left</p><p>Ref: AMNG 565; SNG France 1091; RPC 1629. Rare.</p><p><br /></p><p>A winged <b>boar</b>:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.cointalk.com%252Fproxy.php%253Fimage%253Dhttps%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.cointalk.com%25252Fproxy.php%25253Fimage%25253Dhttps%2525253A%2525252F%2525252Fstatic.wixstatic.com%2525252Fmedia%2525252Fae43f8_a694caeb89394002af827a59357bbfc2.jpg%2525252Fv1%2525252Ffill%2525252Fw_1000%2525252Ch_625%2525252Cal_c%2525252Cq_90%2525252Fae43f8_a694caeb89394002af827a59357bbfc2.jpg%252526hash%25253Dc3ba543d32c5304e7ce0985ffda907cc%2526hash%253Dcf99e44d201abf034293db3d1348cb9e%26hash%3D0f064f60e933f1100397609925fca8ba&amp;hash=6ace0676588f79e97781da2e1fc84fd5" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>LESBOS, Mytilene</b></p><p>521-478 BCE</p><p>EL hekte, 10.5 mm, 2.6 gm</p><p>Obv: forepart of winged boar right</p><p>Rev: incuse head of lion left; rectangular punch behind</p><p>Ref: Bodenstedt Em. 10; HGC 6, 935; SNG von Aulock –; Boston MFA 1678; BMC –</p><p><br /></p><p>A <b>tigress</b>:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.cointalk.com%252Fproxy.php%253Fimage%253Dhttps%25253A%25252F%25252Fstatic.wixstatic.com%25252Fmedia%25252Fae43f8_7dc9576b0c384641b3f4deaf398cafd7.jpg%25252Fv1%25252Ffill%25252Fw_1000%25252Ch_534%25252Cal_c%25252Cq_90%25252Fae43f8_7dc9576b0c384641b3f4deaf398cafd7.jpg%2526hash%253D021801bac835070029e1b2d38799ecee%26hash%3D75cf258378d147f2f60b4002af8a5dd6&amp;hash=693add73ec2bcee6c7a53d8c36595d90" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Gallienus, sole reign</b></p><p>CE 260-268</p><p>Antoninianus, Rome mint</p><p>Obv: GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head right</p><p>Rev: LIBERO P CONS AVG, striped tigress standing left; B in exergue</p><p>Ref: RIC V 230 (Sole reign)</p><p><br /></p><p>Of my many <b>snakes</b>, this is my favorite:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/domitianagathodaemononhorse-rt-jpg.759269/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Domitian</b></p><p>Regnal year 10, CE 90/91</p><p>Æ diobol (25mm, 10.86 g, 12h)</p><p>Obv: AVT KAICAP ΔΟ ΜΙΤ CEB ΓΕΡΜ, laureate head right</p><p>Rev: Agathodaemon serpent, wearing the skhent crown (emblematic of upper and lower Egypt), on horseback galloping left; L I (date) below</p><p>Ref: Köln –; Dattari (Savio) –; K&amp;G 24.109; RPC II 2585; SNG Copenhagen 214; Emmett 277.10 (R5).</p><p><b>Provenance:</b></p><p><i>Ex Giovanni Maria Staffieri Collection</i></p><p><i>Ex West Coast/Lloyd Beauchaine Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 41, 19 March 1997), lot 1110</i></p><p><i>Ex Classical Numismatic Review Vol. XVI, No. 1 (January 1991), lot 31</i></p><p><i>Ex Numismatic Fine Arts Fall Mail Bid Sale (18 October 1990), lot 2365</i></p><p><b>Appearances:</b></p><p>Staffieri, <i>Alexandria In Nummis</i> 39 (this coin)</p><p>Emmett, <i>Alexandrian Coins</i>; obverse illustrated as the header for the Domitian section, p. 24 (this coin) and fully illustrated on p. 26 as a featured (this coin)</p><p>Sear, <i>Roman Coins and Their Values, Vol. I</i>, #2868, p. 511 (this coin)</p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/so-these-exist-snake-cowboys.314032/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/so-these-exist-snake-cowboys.314032/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/so-these-exist-snake-cowboys.314032/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>(I&#039;ll update the checklist in the next post.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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