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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Meat man, post: 26755747, member: 135271&quot;]One thing that is cool about Alexandrian coins is the sheer variety of interesting reverse types. With Rome, about 70% are all standing/seated god/goddesses; but at Alexandria they were more creative. We see types with distinctive and exotic Egyptian iconography; Egyptian religious types; whole series depicting the Labors of Hercules and the Zodiac; coins depicting buildings, temples, and notably – the Lighthouse of Alexandria.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Alexandrians also struck many coins depicting animals. Hippos, ibises, elephants, rhinos, bulls, frogs, snakes, crocodiles, and more all feature on the coinage. Alexandria is a rich source for those who enjoy, as I do, collecting coins with animals!</p><p><br /></p><p>I’m still on the lookout for a nice crocodile (must be without the solar disc) and frog; but I did manage to recently add this very nice <b>lion</b> to the menagerie. It’s not only a rare type – I could only find ten other specimens online – but it is unquestionably the finest of them all. In fact, it is in remarkable condition for <i>any</i> Alexandrian coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>I didn’t make a “Top Ten” thread this year, but if I had, this one would probably have been up near the top. It is now the <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4.4/3290" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4.4/3290" rel="nofollow">featured specimen</a> cited on RPC Online.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hope you enjoy and feel free to comment and/or post your own Alexandrian coins, animal coins, or anything else relevant! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center"><i>[ATTACH=full]1708486[/ATTACH]</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>EGYPT, ALEXANDRIA</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>Time of Marcus Aurelius, AD 161-180</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>AE Diobol (23.7mm, 8.53g, 12h)</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>Struck AD 175/6</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>Obverse: Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ, laureate bust of Marcus Aurelius right</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>Reverse: L ΙϚ above lion walking left</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>References: RPC Online IV.4 3290 (this coin featured); Dattari 3595; Emmett 2245.16; RCV 5175</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>Medium brown patina. Superbly struck and unquestionably the finest known specimen of this rare type.</i></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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