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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 3668235, member: 57495&quot;]Thanks for the comments and contributions, all! </p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=96635]@Pavlos[/USER], I&#039;m not sure if the green/red patinas are more common for Thracian coins - I do see a lot in these colours from Italy and Sicily as well - but there were many coins that were green amongst the two hundred or so Thracian bronzes of this specialist collection (&quot;Thrax Collection&quot;) where mine came from.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Since we seem to be lacking foxes in this thread, here&#039;s a RR denarius of L. Papius that has as a reverse control symbol an animal sometimes referred to as a fox.&nbsp; I&#039;ve also seen it described as a dog, or an ichneumon (Egyptian mongoose).&nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]986247[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>ROMAN REPUBLIC</b></p><p>AR Serrate Denarius. 3.92g, 18.8mm. Rome mint, 79 BC. Crawford 384/1, pl. LXVII, symbols 122; Sydenham 773. O: Head of Juno Sospita right; behind, coiled snake. R: Griffin leaping right; below, animal with raised tail (fox, ichneumon, or dog) crouched right; L • PAPI in exergue.</p><p><i>Ex E.E. Clain-Stefanelli Collection</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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