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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 3008589, member: 57495&quot;]Just delivered - this odd beast from Gallienus&#039;s Zoo, a specimen I&#039;ve wanted ever since I&#039;ve known about the series.&nbsp; When I was gifted Cedric Wolkow&#039;s handy little book on the subject by [USER=4298]@Cucumbor[/USER] during our Secret Saturnalia exchange last year (along with two coins from the series, a hippocamp and a panther), I decided to redouble my efforts to nab this rare variety, featuring a criocamp, a creature with the foreparts of a ram and the lower body of a sea serpent. </p><p><br /></p><p>The coin has some faults, but at least the ram parts are clear.&nbsp; I probably overpaid for it, but these simply don&#039;t come along very often and I was eager to add one to my small menagerie.&nbsp; The criocamp is one of the rarest of the &quot;Zoo series&quot;, and has a representation of 0.38%* in an analysis of major hoards (including Cunetio and La Venera).&nbsp; In comparison, the various deer types dedicated to Diana, are the most common, accounting for 42.68% of all &quot;Zoo&quot; types found.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]745766[/ATTACH] </b></p><p><b>GALLIENUS</b></p><p>AE Antoninianus. Rare. 2.89g, 23.5mm. Rome mint, circa AD 267-268. Göbl 741b; Cunetio 1389 (5 spec); RIC 242; Wolkow, CMR Gallien, 23a9. O: GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head right. R: MERCVRIO CONS AVG, Criocamp right (creature with forepart of ram and sea serpent&#039;s lower body); H in exergue.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a criocamp coin, featured on the reverse of the Wolkow book, <i>CATALOGUE DES MONNAIES ROMAINES - GALLIEN - L&#039;ÉMISSION DITE &quot;DU BESTIAIRE&quot;</i>.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]745767[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Please feel free to post your coins from Gallienus&#039;s Zoo!</p><p><br /></p><p>* The percentages quoted are from Weber and Wolkow&#039;s website :</p><p><a href="http://www.fredericweber.com/GALLIEN/emission_du_bestiaire/index.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.fredericweber.com/GALLIEN/emission_du_bestiaire/index.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.fredericweber.com/GALLIEN/emission_du_bestiaire/index.htm</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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