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<p>[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 4731650, member: 96898"]Good idea for a thread! </p><p><br /></p><p>Below are some of my mythical creatures and magical beasts.</p><p><br /></p><p>Chimaera:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1158221[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">Sikyonia, Sikyon, AR hemidrachm, ca. 330-280 BC. Obv: chimaera advancing l., right paw raised; ΣΙ below. Rev: dove flying left. 16mm, 2.6g. Ref: SNG Copenhagen 64f.</font></p><p><br /></p><p>Sphinx:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1158222[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">Caria, Kaunos, AE10, late 4th c. BC. Obv: charging bull r.; above, wreath. Rev: sphinx seated r; ethnic [K]-AY. 10mm, 1.13g. Ref: BMC 7–10; SNG Copenhagen 183; SNG Keckman I 72.</font></p><p><br /></p><p>Pegasus:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1158223[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">Pontos, Amisos (Kingdom of Pontos under Mithridates VI Eupator), AE 23, ca. 85–65 BC. Obv: head of Perseus, helmeted, r. Rev: AMI-ΣΟΥ; grazing Pegasus l.; in exergue, monogram. 23mm, 12.91g. Ref: SNG France 1215; BMC 62.</font></p><p><br /></p><p>Garuda (for more info see <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garuda" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garuda" rel="nofollow">here</a>):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1158224[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">Gupta Empire, Kumaragupta I, AR drachm, c. 415–455 AD, "Western type." Obv: Head of king r.; blundered legend. Rev: "Paramabhāgavata Rajadhiraja Sri Kumaragupta Mahendraditya"; Garuda standing facing. 14.3mm, 1.70g. Ref: Mitchiner 4845-58.</font></p><p><br /></p><p>Dragon:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1158225[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">Freiburg im Breisgau (?), civic issue, bracteate penny ("vierzipfliger Pfennig"), ca. 1250 AD. Obv: dragon ("Lindwurm") r. Rev: negative design. 18mm, 0.37g. Ref: Berger 2432–3; Slg. Wüthrich 54; Wielandt, Breisgau 44. Ex Allen Berman.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 4731650, member: 96898"]Good idea for a thread! Below are some of my mythical creatures and magical beasts. Chimaera: [ATTACH=full]1158221[/ATTACH] [SIZE=3]Sikyonia, Sikyon, AR hemidrachm, ca. 330-280 BC. Obv: chimaera advancing l., right paw raised; ΣΙ below. Rev: dove flying left. 16mm, 2.6g. Ref: SNG Copenhagen 64f.[/SIZE] Sphinx: [ATTACH=full]1158222[/ATTACH] [SIZE=3]Caria, Kaunos, AE10, late 4th c. BC. Obv: charging bull r.; above, wreath. Rev: sphinx seated r; ethnic [K]-AY. 10mm, 1.13g. Ref: BMC 7–10; SNG Copenhagen 183; SNG Keckman I 72.[/SIZE] Pegasus: [ATTACH=full]1158223[/ATTACH] [SIZE=3]Pontos, Amisos (Kingdom of Pontos under Mithridates VI Eupator), AE 23, ca. 85–65 BC. Obv: head of Perseus, helmeted, r. Rev: AMI-ΣΟΥ; grazing Pegasus l.; in exergue, monogram. 23mm, 12.91g. Ref: SNG France 1215; BMC 62.[/SIZE] Garuda (for more info see [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garuda']here[/URL]): [ATTACH=full]1158224[/ATTACH] [SIZE=3]Gupta Empire, Kumaragupta I, AR drachm, c. 415–455 AD, "Western type." Obv: Head of king r.; blundered legend. Rev: "Paramabhāgavata Rajadhiraja Sri Kumaragupta Mahendraditya"; Garuda standing facing. 14.3mm, 1.70g. Ref: Mitchiner 4845-58.[/SIZE] Dragon: [ATTACH=full]1158225[/ATTACH] [SIZE=3]Freiburg im Breisgau (?), civic issue, bracteate penny ("vierzipfliger Pfennig"), ca. 1250 AD. Obv: dragon ("Lindwurm") r. Rev: negative design. 18mm, 0.37g. Ref: Berger 2432–3; Slg. Wüthrich 54; Wielandt, Breisgau 44. Ex Allen Berman.[/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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