Mythological menagerie... post your coins with beasts and monsters of legend!

The ol' Hippocamp & Sea Monster Combo play!!

 

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This one definitely qualifies, TIF, but I'm not sure if the attribution is correct. I mean, since when does dog's head + ram's horns + horse's body + wings = Pegasus?

 

Heracles & The Nemean Lion

 

Perseus & Medusa

 

Nemean Lion getting whacked on the back of his noggin by the legendary club of Herakles! Best coin of the day!

 

The Killer Rabbit!!

 

I don't have much to post here,

a budget sphinx..





a dragon on the loosing end...





a dragon on the winning end...






and this majestic beast...

 

Beautiful piece Yarm

 

oh man, those are awesome.

 

That's definitely one microcephalic Pegasus!

 

Another pegasus, in fairly rough shape, but prettier than TIF's Bruttian beastie...



SPAIN, Bolskan (Osca)
AE Semis
Circa 150-100BC
CNH pg. 211, 5, Burgos 1921
O: Beardless male head right, Iberian sign Bo behind.
R: Pegasos leaping right, BoLSKaN in Iberian script below.
Ex Dr. Ernst von Ferrari-Kellerhof Collection

 

Remember seeing this one before, and was hoping someone would post it. Thanks!

 

Update: We've thus far populated our Mythological Menagerie with 65 fantastical and fabled beasts! Some of us sure seem to like griffins, gorgons and pigasii. Here's the breakdown...

Griffin : 11
Gorgon : 10
Pigasus : 8
Pegasus : 7
Hippocamp : 6
Dragon : 4
Sphinx : 3
Lion (various mythical types) : 3
Satyr : 2
Chimera : 2
Man-headed Bull : 2
Centaur : 2
Phoenix : 1
Erymanthian Boar : 1
Sea Monster : 1
Sedition (plus three imps) : 1
Monstrous Rat : 1
General Elliot : 0 (too ugly, we're sending him back)

Steve has been our most generous donor, having contributed over a third of the menagerie.

Thanks, everyone. And you have more, keep 'em coming!

 

OK. Here's a couple more:

THASOS AR Drachm
OBVERSE: Naked satyr running right carrying struggling nymph
REVERSE: Quadripartite incluse Square
Struck at Thasos, 463-411 BC
3.40g, 15.9mm
Sear 1748

 

ISLAND OFF THRACE THASOS AR Trihemiobol
OBVERSE: Satyr running left, holding kylix
REVERSE: ΘΑΣ − ΙΩΝ Amphora
Struck at Thasos, 411-350BC
0,7 g, 12 mm;
SNGCop 1030

 

SIKYONIA SIKYON AR Hemidrachm
OBVERSE: Chimaera standing left, with heads of snake, lion & goat, raising forepaw, SI below
REVERSE: Dove flying left Struck at Skyon, Fourth Century BC
2.6g, 17mm
SNGCop 57, BMC 111

 

THRACE, PANTIKAPAION AE21
OBVERSE: Head of Pan left
REVERSE: Roaring lion's head left; fish below
Struck at Pantikapaion 400-300BC
5.3g, 21mm
SNG BMC Black Sea 883

 

ALEXANDER III AE Half Unit
OBVERSE: Gorgoneion in the center of a Macedonian shield
REVERSE: A Macedonian helmet; caduceus and NK monogram flanking below (Struck under Nikokreon) Struck at Salamis mint. Struck under Nikokreon 323-315 BC
4.9g, 15mm
Price 3162