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<p>[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 4906826, member: 110350"]My ancient lions (not including lion-skin headdresses on Herakles/Hercules, Melqart, etc.):</p><p><br /></p><p>Mysia, Kyzikos, AR Diobol, ca. 450-400 BCE. Obv. Forepart of boar left; to right, tunny upwards. Rev. Head of roaring lion left within incuse square. Seaby 3846 [Sear, David, <i>Greek Coins and their Values, Vol. 2: Asia & Africa</i> (Seaby 1979)]; Von Fritze II, Group II, No. 9 (p. 36) [Von Fritze, H., "Die Silberprägung von Kyzikos" in <i>Nomisma</i> IX (1914), at pp. 34 - 56]; BMC 15 Mysia 108-113 [Wroth, Warwick, <i>A Catalog of the Greek Coins in the British Museum, Vol. 15, Mysia</i> (London, 1892) at pp. 34-35]; SNG BnF 361-366 [<i>Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, France, Cabinet des Médailles, Bibliothéque Nationale, Vol. 5, Mysia</i> (Paris 2001)]. 10 mm., 1.22 g., 6 h.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1183964[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Roman Republic. C. Poblicius Q.f. AR Serrate Denarius, 80 BCE. Obv. Head of Roma right, wearing helmet decorated with grain ears; ROMA behind, V above / Rev. C•POBLICI•Q•F; Hercules standing left, strangling the Nemean Lion; bow and quiver to left, club below, V above lion. Crawford 380/1, RSC I Poblicia 9, Sear RCV I 308 (ill.), Harlan, RRM I Ch. 5 at pp. 23-27, BMCRR Rome 2896. 20.13 mm., 3.84 g.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1183965[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Septimius Severus, AR Denarius 203-204 AD, Rome Mint. Obv. Laureate head right, SEVERVS PIVS AVG / Dea Caelestis in headdress riding side-saddle on lion right, facing right and holding thunderbolt & scepter; below, water gushing from rocks left; INDVLGENTIA AVGG; in exergue: IN CARTH [<i>probable reference to water project in Carthage</i>]. RIC IV-1 266, RSC III 222, Sear RCV II 6285. 18x20 mm., 3.9 g.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1183967[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Septimius Severus, AR Denarius 207 AD, Rome Mint. Obv. Laureate head right, SEVERVS - PIVS AVG / Rev. Africa in elephant-skin headdress standing facing, head right, holding out drapery containing basket of fruit[?], lion crouching to her right at her feet, head left, PM TR P XV CPOS III PP. RIC IV 207, RSC III 493, Sear RCV II 6341. 18.73 mm., 2.95 g. <i>Ex. Madroosi Collection</i> <i>(Joe Blazick</i>).</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1183968[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Philip I AR Antoninianus, 248 AD, Rome Mint, 1st Officina. Obv. Radiate, draped, & cuirassed bust right, IMP PHILIPPVS AVG/ Rev. Lion walking right, SAECVLARES AVGG; I in exergue. RIC IV-3 12, RSC IV 173, Sear RCV III 8956 (ill.). 23 mm., 3.41 g. (<i>Games commemorating 1,000th anniversary of founding of Rome.</i>)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1183969[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And one more recent lion, from the James Mudie series of 40 medals struck in 1820 to commemorate British victories in the Napoleonic wars:</p><p><br /></p><p>Great Britain, Siege of Acre, 1799 (Struck 1820). Obv. Bust left, 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>Photo of reverse only</i>]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1183971[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Note the impressive, comic book-sized bicep and forearm on the British lion, by contrast to the scrawniness of the cowardly French "tiger" (who doesn't even have any stripes!) skulking in the background.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 4906826, member: 110350"]My ancient lions (not including lion-skin headdresses on Herakles/Hercules, Melqart, etc.): Mysia, Kyzikos, AR Diobol, ca. 450-400 BCE. Obv. Forepart of boar left; to right, tunny upwards. Rev. Head of roaring lion left within incuse square. Seaby 3846 [Sear, David, [I]Greek Coins and their Values, Vol. 2: Asia & Africa[/I] (Seaby 1979)]; Von Fritze II, Group II, No. 9 (p. 36) [Von Fritze, H., "Die Silberprägung von Kyzikos" in [I]Nomisma[/I] IX (1914), at pp. 34 - 56]; BMC 15 Mysia 108-113 [Wroth, Warwick, [I]A Catalog of the Greek Coins in the British Museum, Vol. 15, Mysia[/I] (London, 1892) at pp. 34-35]; SNG BnF 361-366 [[I]Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, France, Cabinet des Médailles, Bibliothéque Nationale, Vol. 5, Mysia[/I] (Paris 2001)]. 10 mm., 1.22 g., 6 h. [ATTACH=full]1183964[/ATTACH] Roman Republic. C. Poblicius Q.f. AR Serrate Denarius, 80 BCE. Obv. Head of Roma right, wearing helmet decorated with grain ears; ROMA behind, V above / Rev. C•POBLICI•Q•F; Hercules standing left, strangling the Nemean Lion; bow and quiver to left, club below, V above lion. Crawford 380/1, RSC I Poblicia 9, Sear RCV I 308 (ill.), Harlan, RRM I Ch. 5 at pp. 23-27, BMCRR Rome 2896. 20.13 mm., 3.84 g. [ATTACH=full]1183965[/ATTACH] Septimius Severus, AR Denarius 203-204 AD, Rome Mint. Obv. Laureate head right, SEVERVS PIVS AVG / Dea Caelestis in headdress riding side-saddle on lion right, facing right and holding thunderbolt & scepter; below, water gushing from rocks left; INDVLGENTIA AVGG; in exergue: IN CARTH [[I]probable reference to water project in Carthage[/I]]. RIC IV-1 266, RSC III 222, Sear RCV II 6285. 18x20 mm., 3.9 g. [ATTACH=full]1183967[/ATTACH] Septimius Severus, AR Denarius 207 AD, Rome Mint. Obv. Laureate head right, SEVERVS - PIVS AVG / Rev. Africa in elephant-skin headdress standing facing, head right, holding out drapery containing basket of fruit[?], lion crouching to her right at her feet, head left, PM TR P XV CPOS III PP. RIC IV 207, RSC III 493, Sear RCV II 6341. 18.73 mm., 2.95 g. [I]Ex. Madroosi Collection[/I] [I](Joe Blazick[/I]). [ATTACH=full]1183968[/ATTACH] Philip I AR Antoninianus, 248 AD, Rome Mint, 1st Officina. Obv. Radiate, draped, & cuirassed bust right, IMP PHILIPPVS AVG/ Rev. Lion walking right, SAECVLARES AVGG; I in exergue. RIC IV-3 12, RSC IV 173, Sear RCV III 8956 (ill.). 23 mm., 3.41 g. ([I]Games commemorating 1,000th anniversary of founding of Rome.[/I]) [ATTACH=full]1183969[/ATTACH] And one more recent lion, from the James Mudie series of 40 medals struck in 1820 to commemorate British victories in the Napoleonic wars: Great Britain, Siege of Acre, 1799 (Struck 1820). Obv. Bust left, 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]Photo of reverse only[/I]] [ATTACH=full]1183971[/ATTACH] Note the impressive, comic book-sized bicep and forearm on the British lion, by contrast to the scrawniness of the cowardly French "tiger" (who doesn't even have any stripes!) skulking in the background.[/QUOTE]
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