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<p>[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 4275448, member: 96898"]<font size="3"><font size="4">Nice coins everyone.</font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="3"><font size="4">Here are some of my lions in chronological order:</font></font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3">[ATTACH=full]1088185[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="3">Thrace, Chersonesos, AR hemidrachm, ca. 386–338 BC. Obv: forepart of lion r., head reverted. Rev: four-part incuse square with alternating raised and sunken quarters; HP-monogram and pellet in upper sunken quarter, pellet in lower sunken quarter. 13mm, 2.4g; SNG Copenhagen 828 var (pellet instead of leaf on reverse).</font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3">[ATTACH=full]1088184[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="3">Dynasts of Lycia, Perikles, AR 1/3 stater, ca. 380–360 BC: Obv: Lion scalp facing. Rev: PERIKLE in Lycian script; triskele. 14mm, 2.76g. Ref: SNG von Aulock 4254–5.</font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3">[ATTACH=full]1088186[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="3">Septimius Severus, Roman Empire, AR denarius, 202–210 AD, Rome mint. Obv: SEVERVS PIVS AVG; head of Septimius Severus, laureate, r. Rev: INDVLGENTIA AVGG IN CARTH; Dea Caelestis, draped, riding r. on lion, holding thunderbolt in r. hand and sceptre in l. hand; below, water gushing from rock. 19mm, 3.32g. Ref: RIC IV Septimius Severus 266. Ex Marc Breitsprecher; ex Secret Saturn 2019.</font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3">[ATTACH=full]1088183[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="3">Norman Kingdom of Sicily, under William II "the Good," AE trifollaro, 1166–1189 AD, Messina mint. Obv: lion's head facing. Rev: palm tree. 26mm, 10.27g. Ref: Spahr 117; Biaggi 1231.</font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3">[ATTACH=full]1088181[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="3">City of Braunschweig, AR "Ewiger Pfennig" (bracteate), after 1412 AD. Obv: lion walking l. Rev: negative design (bracteate). 21 mm, 0.45g. Ref: Berger 993–1001.</font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3">[ATTACH=full]1088180[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="3">Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, Gosdantin III or IV, AR Takvorin, 1344–1373 AD, Sis or Tarsus mint. Reverse: Armenian legend, king riding r., holding lily sceptre. Rev: Armenian legend, lion with cross walking r. 23mm, 1.97g. Ref: Nercessian 471–478; 491–496. Overstruck.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 4275448, member: 96898"][SIZE=3][SIZE=4]Nice coins everyone.[/SIZE][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][SIZE=4][/SIZE][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][SIZE=4]Here are some of my lions in chronological order:[/SIZE][/SIZE] [SIZE=3] [ATTACH=full]1088185[/ATTACH] Thrace, Chersonesos, AR hemidrachm, ca. 386–338 BC. Obv: forepart of lion r., head reverted. Rev: four-part incuse square with alternating raised and sunken quarters; HP-monogram and pellet in upper sunken quarter, pellet in lower sunken quarter. 13mm, 2.4g; SNG Copenhagen 828 var (pellet instead of leaf on reverse). [ATTACH=full]1088184[/ATTACH] Dynasts of Lycia, Perikles, AR 1/3 stater, ca. 380–360 BC: Obv: Lion scalp facing. Rev: PERIKLE in Lycian script; triskele. 14mm, 2.76g. Ref: SNG von Aulock 4254–5. [ATTACH=full]1088186[/ATTACH] Septimius Severus, Roman Empire, AR denarius, 202–210 AD, Rome mint. Obv: SEVERVS PIVS AVG; head of Septimius Severus, laureate, r. Rev: INDVLGENTIA AVGG IN CARTH; Dea Caelestis, draped, riding r. on lion, holding thunderbolt in r. hand and sceptre in l. hand; below, water gushing from rock. 19mm, 3.32g. Ref: RIC IV Septimius Severus 266. Ex Marc Breitsprecher; ex Secret Saturn 2019. [ATTACH=full]1088183[/ATTACH] Norman Kingdom of Sicily, under William II "the Good," AE trifollaro, 1166–1189 AD, Messina mint. Obv: lion's head facing. Rev: palm tree. 26mm, 10.27g. Ref: Spahr 117; Biaggi 1231. [ATTACH=full]1088181[/ATTACH] City of Braunschweig, AR "Ewiger Pfennig" (bracteate), after 1412 AD. Obv: lion walking l. Rev: negative design (bracteate). 21 mm, 0.45g. Ref: Berger 993–1001. [ATTACH=full]1088180[/ATTACH] Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, Gosdantin III or IV, AR Takvorin, 1344–1373 AD, Sis or Tarsus mint. Reverse: Armenian legend, king riding r., holding lily sceptre. Rev: Armenian legend, lion with cross walking r. 23mm, 1.97g. Ref: Nercessian 471–478; 491–496. Overstruck.[/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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