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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 3238916, member: 56859&quot;]I think it would be great fun to assemble &quot;Least Realistic Animal&quot; sets.&nbsp; Elephants alone would require an elephantine budget!</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s an eagle impersonating a chicken:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fstatic.wixstatic.com%252Fmedia%252Fae43f8_76cf9341b2f5494a9c64a2ccb7bd4c7f.jpg%252Fv1%252Ffill%252Fw_822%252Ch_415%252Cal_c%252Clg_1%252Cq_90%252Fae43f8_76cf9341b2f5494a9c64a2ccb7bd4c7f.jpg%26hash%3D0c5da66952818f6e26799d058d934575&amp;hash=b3ed0407d9ea6476ef038755cea721a9" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Marcus Aurelius</b></p><p>posthumous issue struck under Commodus in CE 180</p><p>sestertius; 27 mm, 22.8 gm. Rome</p><p>Obv: DIVVS M ANTONINVS PIVS, bare head right</p><p>Rev: CONSECRATIO / S-C, eagle with spread wings on globe, facing, head left</p><p>Ref: RIC 656 (Commodus)</p><p><br /></p><p>A hippo which is certainly not the worst in terms of realism but it is still funny:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/tiberiusobolhippo-dattaricollection-rt-jpg.553274/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Tiberius</b></p><p>Year 5, CE 18/9</p><p>AE obol, 20 mm, 4.45 gm</p><p>Obv: bare head right</p><p>Rev: hippopotamus right; TIBEPIoY above; [L] E in exergue</p><p>Ref: Emmett 62.5, R1; Geissen 47; Dattari-Savio 102 (this coin); RPC 5082</p><p><i>ex Dattari collection (Giovanni Dattari, 1858-1923)</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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