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<p>[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 8315656, member: 110350"]I might as well start by sharing my only two other ancient coins depicting a centaur, both part of Gallenius's Zoo Series:</p><p><br /></p><p>Gallienus, Billon Antoninianus, 267-268 AD, Rome Mint (7th Officina). Obv. Radiate head right, GALLIENVS AVG / Rev. Centaur walking right, holding bow with right hand and drawing arrow and bowstring with left hand, left front leg lifted, APOLLINI CONS AVG; Z [Zeta = 7th Officina] in exergue. RIC V-1 163, RSC IV 72), Wolkow 2a7 (ill. p. 41), Göbl MIR [<i>Moneta Imperii Romani</i>] Band 36, No. 735, Sear RCV III 10177. 20 mm., 2.96 g. <i>Purchased Jan. 2022 from Ingemar Wallin Utveckling AB, Uppsala, Sweden.</i></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1472329[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Gallienus, Billon Antoninianus, 267-268 AD, Rome Mint (8th Officina). Obv. Radiate head right, GALLIENVS AVG / Rev. Centaur walking left holding a globe in extended right hand and a reversed rudder in left hand, with right front leg lifted, APOLLINI CONS AVG; H [Eta = 8th Officina] in exergue. RIC V-1 164, RSC IV 73 (ill.), Wolkow 1a8, Göbl MIR [<i>Moneta Imperii Romani</i>] Band 36, No. 738, Sear RCV III 10178. 20 mm., 3.42 g., 12 h.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1472330[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>More ancient Elephants, in no particular order:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1472335[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1472336[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1472341[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1472338[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1472339[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Bonus elephant, from an old Pidcock farthing token from the period 1795-1801 (Dalton & Hamer/Withers 1067), depicting a cockatoo on the reverse:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1472352[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 8315656, member: 110350"]I might as well start by sharing my only two other ancient coins depicting a centaur, both part of Gallenius's Zoo Series: Gallienus, Billon Antoninianus, 267-268 AD, Rome Mint (7th Officina). Obv. Radiate head right, GALLIENVS AVG / Rev. Centaur walking right, holding bow with right hand and drawing arrow and bowstring with left hand, left front leg lifted, APOLLINI CONS AVG; Z [Zeta = 7th Officina] in exergue. RIC V-1 163, RSC IV 72), Wolkow 2a7 (ill. p. 41), Göbl MIR [[I]Moneta Imperii Romani[/I]] Band 36, No. 735, Sear RCV III 10177. 20 mm., 2.96 g. [I]Purchased Jan. 2022 from Ingemar Wallin Utveckling AB, Uppsala, Sweden.[/I] [ATTACH=full]1472329[/ATTACH] Gallienus, Billon Antoninianus, 267-268 AD, Rome Mint (8th Officina). Obv. Radiate head right, GALLIENVS AVG / Rev. Centaur walking left holding a globe in extended right hand and a reversed rudder in left hand, with right front leg lifted, APOLLINI CONS AVG; H [Eta = 8th Officina] in exergue. RIC V-1 164, RSC IV 73 (ill.), Wolkow 1a8, Göbl MIR [[I]Moneta Imperii Romani[/I]] Band 36, No. 738, Sear RCV III 10178. 20 mm., 3.42 g., 12 h. [ATTACH=full]1472330[/ATTACH] More ancient Elephants, in no particular order: [ATTACH=full]1472335[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1472336[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1472341[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1472338[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1472339[/ATTACH] Bonus elephant, from an old Pidcock farthing token from the period 1795-1801 (Dalton & Hamer/Withers 1067), depicting a cockatoo on the reverse: [ATTACH=full]1472352[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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