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<p>[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 4058512, member: 57495"]Great coins, [USER=110350]@DonnaML[/USER]! </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>No mice, but here's a well-known one with a rat. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1062837[/ATTACH]<b>ROMAN REPUBLIC</b></p><p>AR Denarius. 3.83g, 20mm. Rome mint, 112-111 BC. Crawford 297/1b; Sydenham 563; Quinctia 6. O: Laureate bust of Hercules left, seen from behind, wearing lion skin across shoulders, club over right shoulder. R: Two horses galloping left; a desultor riding the nearest one; • / X above, rat below; TI and Q; D • S • S incuse on tablet in exergue. </p><p><br /></p><p>Do control devices count? Below the griffin on this one, there's a... uh...dog? fox? crocodile? <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ichneumon_(medieval_zoology)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ichneumon_(medieval_zoology)" rel="nofollow">ichneumon</a>?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1062838[/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>
[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 4058512, member: 57495"]Great coins, [USER=110350]@DonnaML[/USER]! No mice, but here's a well-known one with a rat. [ATTACH=full]1062837[/ATTACH][B]ROMAN REPUBLIC[/B] AR Denarius. 3.83g, 20mm. Rome mint, 112-111 BC. Crawford 297/1b; Sydenham 563; Quinctia 6. O: Laureate bust of Hercules left, seen from behind, wearing lion skin across shoulders, club over right shoulder. R: Two horses galloping left; a desultor riding the nearest one; • / X above, rat below; TI and Q; D • S • S incuse on tablet in exergue. Do control devices count? Below the griffin on this one, there's a... uh...dog? fox? crocodile? [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ichneumon_(medieval_zoology)']ichneumon[/URL]? [ATTACH=full]1062838[/ATTACH] [B]ROMAN REPUBLIC[/B] 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. [I]Ex E.E. Clain-Stefanelli Collection[/I][/QUOTE]
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