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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 7654453, member: 56859&quot;]An interesting scene, Orfew.&nbsp; Congrats <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Elephant quadriga:</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/trajandrachmelephantquaddattar-rt-jpg.867405/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT. Alexandria. Trajan</b></p><p>AE drachm, 32.3 mm, 19.8 gm</p><p>Regnal year 14 (110/11 CE)</p><p>Obv: AYT TPAIANC EBΓEPM∆AKIK; laureate bust right, with aegis on left shoulder</p><p>Rev: Trajan, laureate, wearing a toga and holding an eagle-tipped sceptre and branch, standing in an elephant quadriga right; LIΔ above.</p><p>Ref: Emmett 462.14; Dattari-Savio Pl. 31, 766 (<i>this coin</i>); RPC 4510.3 (<i>this coin</i>)</p><p><i>ex Dattari collection (Giovanni Dattari, 1858-1923)</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Solo elephant:</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/upload_2018-2-21_9-18-45-png.743132/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Julius Caesar. 49-48 BCE</b></p><p>AR denarius</p><p>Struck by the military mint traveling with Caesar.</p><p>Obv: elephant standing right, trampling on serpent; CAESAR in exergue</p><p>Rev: simpulum, sprinkler, axe, and priest&#039;s hat.</p><p>Ref: Crawford 443/1; Sydenham 1006</p><p><br /></p><p>Elephants on Roman coins are some of the most comically misrendered critters of all coindom.</p><p><br /></p><p>Elephant headdress:</p><p><i><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.wixstatic.com%2Fmedia%2Fae43f8_4d173c7a9a1647188462acab0530f434%7Emv2.jpg%2Fv1%2Ffill%2Fw_1000%2Ch_625%2Cal_c%2Cq_90%2Fae43f8_4d173c7a9a1647188462acab0530f434%7Emv2.jpg&amp;hash=c36054d532d223c33b1e061359bd00e7" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></i></p><p><b>EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter</b></p><p>AR tetradrachm, 27 mm, 17.0 gm (Attic standard)</p><p>Alexandreia mint, struck 313/12 BCE</p><p>Obv: Head of the deified Alexander III to right, wearing mitra of Dionysos and elephant skin headdress, with aegis around his neck, and with horn of Ammon on his forehead</p><p>Rev: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ; Athena Alkidemos advancing right, hurling spear with her right hand and with shield over her extended left arm; to right, eagle with closed wings standing on thunderbolt to right with ΔΙ below</p><p>Ref: Svoronos 33; Zervos series D, issue XIII; SNG Copenhagen 14; BMC 7[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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