Please post your coins with images of God's, Dieties, Mythical Animals or of the occult.

Religion, Spirituality and Mysticism greatly interests me and I would like to see some pics!

 

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Holy Cow!!!!!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nandi_(bull)

Kushan Empire
Mint A or B(?)
Vasu Deva I (r. AD 189-225)
AV Dinar (s. AD 200-225)
20 mm x 8.02 grams
Obverse: Crowned and armored, diademed king with long hair, standing facing, nimbate, holding trident and sacrificing at altar at left,second trident above fire altar, Bactrian legend around: þAONANOþAO BA .. ZOΔηO KOþN (King of Kings Bazodeo Kushan)
Reverse: Two-armed Shiva standing facing, holding trident and diadem, Bull Nandi left behind, Bactrian legend left: OηþO, tamgha at right
Ref: Gobl #528

 

That's a Brahman bull and you don't mess with them!!! They say two heads are better than one, but how about SIX!!!!

Pre-Kushana Yaudheya: Unknown? Six-headed Karthikeya / Shashthi Drachm (Pieper-1113var)

Obv: Six-headed Karthikeya holding spear in his r. hand, his l. on his hip; Unknown circular Brahmni legend to the right
Rev: Female deity (Shashthi) standing above wavy line, ten-arched hill with nandipada on top on r., railed tree on l.

 

Incredible!

 

Awesome, I am blown away!

 

Would you have one since you started the thread?

 

I am especially interested in the Celtic God Lugh and the Goddess Arianrhod.

 

Vijayanagar Empire: Hari Hara II (1377-1404) AV Half Pagoda (MCSI-412)

Obv: Siva and Parvati seated facing, Siva holding parasu (axe) and mriga or deer
Rev: Devanagari legend: Sri Pra / ta pa Ha ri / Ha ra




Vijayanagar Empire: Achyutaraya (1529-1542) ½ pagoda (MCSI-673, Ganesh-141)

Obv: Gandabherunda (double-headed eagle) walking left, holding an elephant in each beak and in each foot
Rev: Three-line Devanagari legend: Sri Pra / ta pa chyu ta / ra ya

 

Kingdom of Persis: Autophradates IV (ca. 1st Century BCE) AR Hemidrachm (Sunrise-587; Klose & Müseler 4/2; Alram 562)

Obv: Bearded bust of Autophradates IV right, wearing diadem, crescent above
Rev: Fire temple, Ahura-Mazda above, to left, king standing right, raising arms, to right, column surmounted by eagle

 

Campania, Capua
AE Semuncia circa 216-211,
Æ 18.4mm., 4.58g.
Obv: Bust of Juno r., holding sceptre on shoulder.
Rev: KAPV (in Oscan) Two xoana draped.
Ref: SNG ANS 215.
Ref: Historia Numorum Italy 495.
Comment: Slighlty double struck obv.
Ex: From the E.E. Clain-Stefanelli collection.

Unusual Diety: Xoanon... from the verb ξέειν, xeein, to carve or scrape [wood] was an Archaic wooden cult image from Ancient Greece. Many such cult images were preserved into historical times, though none have survived to the modern day. This is except where their image was copied in stone or marble, or in the above case this Semuncia from Capua.

History: The Capua coins from the 2nd Punic War are fairly scarce. Capua was the leading city in Campania, subject to Rome. During the 2nd Punic War Hannibal occupied Capua for several years. He promised their aristocracy that should he win the war with Rome, he would make CAPUA the Capital of Italia and raze Rome. However, Rome WON. Subsequently, Rome recalled as much of the Capuan currency they could find and melted it down so that there were no trace of Hannibal or Capua's status.

 

Celtic, Trinovantes & Catuvellauni: Cunobelin (ca. 10-43 CE) Æ Unit (Van Arsdell 2099-1; ABC-2972; SCBC-343)

Obv: CV-NO; Pegasos flying right
Rev: TASCI; Bull right, being stabbed by Victory standing right in background

 

Somme, Gaul
Ambiani Celts
AV Stater Gallo-Belgic Type E (s. BC 58-50)
16 mm x 5.98 grams
Obverse: Blank and convex with partial border.
Reverse: Disjointed horse to right, with crescent below and pellets around.
Ref:ABC 16. Depeyrot, NC VI, 161. DT 239. S. 11. VA 52/4.
Note: Struck during Caesar's Gallic Wars.

 

So many ancients will have something that relates to religion, heck, just about every single coin I have has a diety or some kind of religious reference. Religion was just, if not more, important.

Anyway, here's a Zoroastrian fire altar, with attendants:

Khusru II, Sassanian Kingdom, AD 590-628
AR, 31.5mm, 4.12g, 2h
Obv.: Bust of Sassanian king facing right wearing winged crown
Rev.: Fire altar flanked by two attendants

Here's another altar:


Antiochos II Theos, Seleucid Kingdom, BC 261 - 246
AE, 18mm, 4.6g; 12h; Sardes (Sart), Turkey
Obv.: Laureate head of Apollo right, hair falling in spiral curls down neck and beneath ear
Rev.: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ downward on right right, ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ downward on left; Tripod leges with lion paw feet; monograms outer left and outer right; controls, outer left

How about Mars, the Roman god of war?


Severus Alexander, Rome, AD 222-235
AR, denarius, 19mm, 2.4g; 6h; Rome mint, AD 226
Obv.: IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAND AVG; laureate bust right
Rev.: PM TRP V COS II PP; Mars advancing right holding spear and trophy arms

And finally the Greek god of healing, Asklepios:

Caracalla, AD 198-217
AE30, 14.9g, 7h; Thrace, Pautalia.
Obv.: AVT K MAVP CEV ANTONEINOC, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
Rev.: OVΛΠIAC ΠAVTAΛIAC, Asklepios standing front, looking left, leaning on serpent-entwined staff.

Fun fact, I'm going to visit the ruins of the temple of Asklepios on the island of Kos next week. It's going to be awesome!

 

Lanka
Kingdom of Anuradhapura
King Devanplyatisa (r. BC 307-267)
AE RoundFull Unit
32 mm x 13.00 grams
Obverse: Bo-tree, Railed Swastika, Dhajaya symbol, Elephant left.[Chaitya] all within a double boarder with Lines and dots.
Reverse: Railed Swastika. Chaitya and Nandipada, all within a double boarder with Lines and dots.
Ref: HW Codrington Ceylon, Coins and Currency (1924) Pl. I #7
Note: Very Rare.

 

Who likes trees?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodhi_Tree

Lanka
Kingdoms of Anuradhapura and Ruhuna
(c.29 BC-AD 297)
AE Unit
16 mm x 1.33 grams
Obv. Bo-Tree 4 branches
Rev. Swastika revolving right.
Ref: HW Codrington Ceylon, Coins and Currency (1924) Pl. I #15
Note: Mega Rare.

 

Hey, wait Noob... I think you have your coin UPSIDE-DOWN! I think it is REALLY the Unhappy Sun-God with 4 Boney Arms watching the snake slither while the people are cheering him on! Maybe the Sun-God had bet on the wrong snake... Must be from New Zealand, 780 BCE... You may want to check your attributes again...
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Ooops, I am wrong...

 

Seafood - Conch of Vishnu

Asia,
Burma, Pegu
Mon Culture
5th century AD
AR Full Unit 27 mm x 9.58 grams
Obverse: Conch - Beaded Border
Reverse: SriVatsa Temple - two Pellets below
Ref: Wicks Class A
Note: Rare, early specimen. Possibly probed for purity in antiquity.

 

Who has the creation of the universe on their reverse?

Asia, Burma,
The States of Pyu, The City of Srikshetra
AR Full Unit (96 Ratti) s. 632-835 AD (Final Coinage 800-832 AD)
35 mm x 9.53 g
Obverse: Bhadrapitha Symbol. A Drum tied in the center with diadems.
Reverse: Srivatsa symbol (the Temple of Sri, fertility goddess) with sun and moon above, conch shell on the right and thunderbolt to the left. Primordial Ocean below.

 

Unfortunately, I do not. I do intend on focusing this interesting sect. Of numismatic s.

 

In this Bactrian drachm, the elephant supposedly represents Buddha, as Buddha's mother had a dream that an elephant had entered her womb at the time she became pregnant, and the reverse zebu may represent the month which Buddha reached enlightenment, as he passed away on the month of Vezack under the astrological sign of Taurus