Pig Racing! Post your PIGS

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  1. Alegandron

    Alegandron "ΤΩΙ ΚΡΑΤΙΣΤΩΙ..." ΜΕΓΑΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ, June 323 BCE

    As I watched the Video again, I really could see those Pigs FLY!

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    Ionia Klazomenai 480-400 BC AR Drachm Pentobol 3.5g 13mm Forepart winged boar r gorgoneion incuse sq Cf SNG Copenhagen 12 Rare



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    RR M Volteius Mf AR Denarius 78 BCE 18mm 3.96g Hd Hercules R lion skin headdress - Erymanthian boar Cr 385-2 ex SteveX6
     
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  3. ZoidMeister

    ZoidMeister Hamlet Squire of Tomfoolery . . . . .

    My pigs will beat your pigs because they can fly and have the Wizard of Oz monkeys as their jockeys . . . .

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  5. Bing

    Bing Illegitimi non carborundum Supporter

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    TI VETURIUS ROMAN REPUBLIC; GENS VETURIA
    AR Denarius
    OBVERSE: Helmeted bust of Mars right
    REVERSE: Youth kneeling l., between two warriors who touch with their swords a pig which he holds., ROMA above
    Struck at Rome 137 BC
    3.7g, 18mm
    Cr.234/1; RSC Veturia 1
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    NORTHEAST GAUL, REMI
    AE Potin Unit
    OBVERSE: Figure seated facing with legs crossed holding torque and plait of hair
    REVERSE: Boar standing right with snake-like ornament above, star below
    Struck at unknown Mint, 100-50 BC
    21mm, 6.12g
    D&T220 // Depeyrot NC VII, 33 // BMC447-9 // DeLaTour8145
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    C HOSIDIUS CF GETA ROMAN REPUBLIC; GENS HOSIDIA
    AR Denarius
    OBVERSE: GETA before, III VIR behind, diademed & draped bust of Diana right, bow and quiver on shoulder
    REVERSE: C HOSIDI C F, wild boar of Calydon right, pierced by spear and attacked by dog
    Struck at Rome 64 BC
    3.6g, 17mm
    Cr407/2; Hosidia 1
     
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    panzerman Well-Known Member

    Mytilene/ Lesbos
    EL Hekte ND 565BC
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  7. expat

    expat Remember you are unique, just like everyone else Supporter

    Antoninus Pius AE As, RIC 733, Cohen 450, BMC 1624
    143-144 AD. ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III, laureate head right / IMPERATOR II S-C, Sow facing right under helm-oak, suckling four young, another piglet in front. SC in ex. 25mm, 10.09gr Scarce
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