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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 4274761, member: 75937&quot;]Cool poster! May these lions bring you courage.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1088032[/ATTACH]</p><p>Caracalla, AD 198-217.</p><p>Roman provincial Æ assarion, 1.92 g, 15.4 mm, 2 h.</p><p>Moesia Inferior, Nicopolis ad Istrum.</p><p>Obv: MAP AV K ANTΩNIN, bare head, right.</p><p>Rev: NIKOΠOΛITΩ / ΠPOC IC, lion advancing right.</p><p>Refs: Varbanov 3007; Moushmov 1111; AMNG 1599.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/severus-philippopolis-lion-jpg.819262/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Septimius Severus, AD 193-211.</p><p>Roman Provincial Æ (diassarion?) 17.7 mm; 4.06 g.</p><p>Thrace, Philippopolis.</p><p>Obv: ΑV Κ Λ CΕVΗΡΟC, laureate and draped bust right.</p><p>Rev: ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠΟΛΕΙΤ-ΩΝ, lion walking left; ox&#039;s head before.</p><p>Refs: Moushmov 5274 var. (lion walking right); Varbanov 1305.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/mamaea-deultum-lion-jpg.819263/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Julia Mamaea, AD 222-235.</p><p>Roman provincial Æ 19.7 mm, 5.54 g.</p><p>Thrace, Deultum, AD 222-235.</p><p>Obv: IVLIA MAMAEA AVG, diademed and draped bust right.</p><p>Rev: C F P D, lion walking right.</p><p>Refs: Moushmov 3624; Varbanov 2382; BMC --.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/domna-nicopolis-cybele-on-lion-jpg.819265/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Julia Domna AD 193-217.</p><p>Roman provincial Æ 23 mm, 11.12g.</p><p>Moesia Inferior, Nikopolis ad Istrum, legate Aurelius Gallus, AD 201-203.</p><p>Obv: IOVΛIA ΔOMNA CE, draped bust right.</p><p>Rev: VΠ AVΡ ΓAΛΛOV NIKOΠOΛITΩN ΠΡOC ICTΡON, Magna Mater (Cybele) riding lion right, holding scepter and tympanum.</p><p>Refs: H&amp;J, <i>Nikopolis</i> 8.17.31.1; Varbanov 2894 (same dies); AMNG --; Moushmov --; SNG Copenhagen --; BMC Thrace --; Lindgren --; Mionnet --.</p><p><br /></p><p>I never let an opportunity pass to show my LION QUADRIGA! </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/domna-mater-avgg-cybele-lion-quadriga-denarius-a-jpg.847673/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Julia Domna, AD 193-217.</p><p>Roman AR denarius, 3.30 g, 19 mm, 6 h.</p><p>Rome, 21st emission, AD 205.</p><p>Obv: IVLIA AVGVSTA, bare-headed and draped bust, right.</p><p>Rev: MATER AVGG, Julia Domna, as Cybele, seated left in quadriga of lions and holding branch in her right hand.</p><p>Refs: RIC 562; BMCRE 48; Cohen/RSC 117; RCV 6592; Hill 759; CRE 354.</p><p><br /></p><p>And where there&#039;s Cybele, there&#039;s bound to be lions:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/faustina-jr-matri-magnae-sestertius-2-jpg.986616/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Faustina II, AD 147-175/6.</p><p>Roman orichalcum sestertius, 23.49 g, 29.0 mm, 11 h.</p><p>Rome, AD ca. 174-176.</p><p>Obv: FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, bare-headed and draped bust, right.</p><p>Rev: MATRI MAGNAE S C, Cybele seated right, holding drum in left hand on left knee; to left and right of throne, lions, seated right.</p><p>Refs: RIC 1663, BMCRE 932-935; Cohen 169; Sear 5281; MIR 25; ERIC II 205.</p><p>Notes: One of the last lifetime issues of Faustina II. Ex-Morris collection.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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