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LIONS


Mysia Kyzikos AR Hemiobol 480-450 BCE 0.4g Boar-Lion Sear 3850



Thrace - Lysimachos 305-281 BCE AE20 Sysimachia mint 4.64g 19.5mm Athena - Lion SNG Cop 1153 Muller 76



Chersonesos AR Hemi-Drachm - TriObol Lion X-dot amphora Seaby-Sear Vol I 1606



Iona-Miletos AR Obol Late6thC fine lion laying LEFT facing RIGHT



RI Aemilianus 253 CE AE24 Viminacium mint Moesia Bull-Lion - Damnatio Memoriae



RR Anon AE Double-Litra 275-270 BC Apollo Lion S 590 Cr 16-1a



Makedon Kassander 316-297 BCE AE15 Herakles Lion reclining SNG Cop 1140



Makedon Alexander III - Alexandrine Babylon Di-Shekel Tet 24mm 16.35g LIFETIME 328-311 Baal - Lion

 

My only lion (sorry for an ugly picture) :


Syracuse Agathokles 317-289 BC
Head of Hercules right, SIPAKOSIWN in right field
Lion walking right, bow above
7.75 gr, 23 mm
Ref : Sear #1201

Q

 

My first lion:

LUCANIA, Velia
305-290 BCE
AR didrachm, 17.5 mm, 7.3 gm
Obv: Head of Athena right, wearing crested helmet, decorated with griffin; at left, A
Rev: YEΛHTΩN; lion standing on exergual line; above dolphin between I and Φ
Ref: SNG ANS 1375-6

Oldest lion:

KINGS OF LYDIA, temp. Ardys - Alyattes
630-564 BCE
Electrum trite, 4.8 gm, 13.4 mm. Sardes mint.
Obv: head of roaring lion right, sun with four rays on forehead
Rev: two incuse square punches
Ref: Weidauer Group XV, 64; BMC 2

Smallest lion:

CARIA, Mylasa
450-400 BCE
AR hemiobol, 7 x 9 mm, 0.5 gm
Obv: facing forepart of lion
Rev: scorpion within incuse square
Ref: SNG von Aulock 7803; Klein 429 (Milet)

 

My oldest lion from Lydia, time of Croesos and my smallest; I won't bother you with Viminacium.

 

That is a beautifull scorpion coin

 

Nice ancient coins with lions

 

Thanks!

 

Thought I'd throw in a US coin with a lion on it. It's a mountain lion (puma) but still a lion.

 

How does the male lion manage it in the modern world ?

 

Here is the matching book end for TIF's Velia didrachm:

Lucania, Velia
AR didrachm, 300-280 BC, 7.32g, 21mm, 4h.
Obverse: Helmeted head of Athena left, helmet decorated with wing; K behind neck guard, Φ before neck
Reverse: Lion standing left; above, triskeles between Φ and I; uncertain mark below.
References: Williams 463 (O232/R326); HN Italy 1307; SNG ANS 1385; SNG Copenhagen 1583; SNG Lockett 562; Boston MFA 161; McClean 1464

Two more of my favorite lion heads (hope these count).

Bruttium, Rhegion
AR Tetradrachm 415/410-387 BC, 17.12g, 22.6mm.
Obverse: Lion’s scalp facing
Reverse: Rhegion before laureate head of Apollo right, olive branch behind.
References: Herzfelder 102 (D60/R87) citing 5 specimens from this die combination, BMC Italy p.375, 25, Sear 501.


Islands off Ionia, Samos
AR Didrachm, 6.57g, 310-300 BC.
Obverse: Lion scalp
Reverse: NANISKOS, Forepart of an ox charging right, SA, olive spray.
References: Barron 22,6. HGC 1229.
Ex Jean Elsen Brussel V, 1981

John

 

Hi All, A "sun in Leo" lion.



Antoninus Pius (10 Jul 138 - 7 Mar 161 CE)
Alexandria, Egypt Year 08 (144/145 CE)

Drachma
Refs: EM-1530.08; G-1495 to G-1496; DAT-2968 var: Obv legend; M-1813 to M-1814; BMC-1084 var: obv legend; SAN Vol 4, No 3 (1972/73)
OBV: Antoninus Pius portrait bust facing right. Legend: [AVTKTAIΛAΔPANTωNINOCCEBEYC]. Border not visible.
REV: Zodiac Series: Sun in Leo. Radiate bust of Helios (Sun) in right field above lion (Leo) bounding right, star above lion's head not visible. In exergue: LH. Border not visible.

The "Sun in Leo" is probably the most common of the Zodiac series from Alexandria but difficult to locate in nice condition.

It has been thought for some time that the Zodiac or Astrological series minted in Alexandria in Pius' regnal Year 8 (AD 144/5) was inspired by or related to the commencement of a new "Sothic Cycle" which occurred in AD 139. A wonderful write up from a previous CoinTalk thread by @Jochen1 is here.

- Broucheion

 

Sweet coins shown here, and an impressive digital poster display as always @Deacon Ray. I have shown my only lion coin before and it is shown here already (Septimius Severus, Dea Caelestis), so I wont show that one again.

Still, for me, there is only one true lion! (Yes, this is a football reference, sorry for that, I wont show it in full image ;-))

 

More lions from British India
AV Mohur 1841 Queen Victoria
AV Mohur ND (1819) British East India Company/ George III

 

Another Venetian winged lion

Italy VENICE Mario Grimani Medal of 6 Lire 1603 (To commemorate the treaty between Venice and Graubünden in Switzerland)

 

I have to wonder how many people reading this in the US think Limes is a Detroit fan and how many people in the Netherlands understand why I might ask.

 

Isn't Limes a Running Back for the Lions?

 

One more ancient lion:

Septimius Severus, AR Denarius 203-204 AD, Rome Mint. Obv. Laureate head right, SEVERVS PIVS AVG / Dea Caelestis in headdress riding right on lion, holding thunderbolt & scepter; below, water gushing from rocks left; INDVLGENTIA AVGG; in exergue: IN CARTH. RIC IV-1 266, RSC III 222, Sear RCV II 6285. 18x20 mm., 3.9 g.



And one not so-ancient, from the 1820 James Mudie series of 40 medals commemorating British Military and Naval Victories during the Napoleonic Wars.

Siege of Acre 1799 (Struck 1820). Obv. Bust l., uniformed, ADMIRAL SIR S. SMITH/ Rev. British Lion, within a rocky pass, protects Syrian camel from menacing French tiger. In exergue: ACRE DEFENDED. BUONAPARTE REPULSED SYRIA SAVED. XX MAY MDCCLXXXXIX. AE 41 mm. By G. Mills/ N.G.A. Brenet. Mudie 7, Eimer 906, BHM 476 [I photographed only the reverse, because the obverse, like many in the Mudie series, is not of great interest.]



The "tiger" doesn't look like any tiger I've ever seen -- not only does it lack stripes, but it's awfully puny-looking compared to the British lion with steroid-inflated biceps and forearms (kind of like the "before" picture in one of those old Charles Atlas ads) -- but that's what it's supposed to be.

A thread for camels on ancient coins might be interesting -- I know of at least a couple of Republican coins, and I believe I've seen some Imperial and Provincial coins of Trajan -- but I won't be the one to start it, because I wouldn't be able to contribute!