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There are many other wacky transports, especially in the Roman Republican series. I am actively seeking all of them for and Alternative Modes of Transportation set

Somewhere I have a digital list of all the weird types I could find, but I've lost that list

Other odd bigas include lions, elephants, centaurs, hippocamps, snakes, stags, goats, and more. The cupid biga type is my favorite. I have a centaur biga arriving soon

Warning to all: I am actively seeking these and have been known to occasionally overpay for coins. I bid in the final seconds so bidders beware

A favorite non-Republican AltTrans:


PHOENICIA, Berytos
1st century BCE
Æ19.5, 5.9 gm
Obv: Turreted head of Tyche right
Rev: Poseidon standing left in quadriga drawn by four hippocamps
Ref: SNG Copenhagen 83

and a goat biga Republican:


Roman Republic fourrée mule denarius
L. Antestius Gragulus, 136 BCE, and C. Renius, 138 BCE
ancient forgery, 3.18 gm
Obv: Roma helmeted head right, * below chin, GRAG behind
Rev: Juno Caprotina in a biga of goats, C・RENI below, ROMA in exergue
Ref: Obverse S.115, Cr.238/1, Syd.451, RSC Antestia 9; Reverse S.108, Cr.231/1, Syd.432, RSc Renia 1
Writeup of this coin is here.

 

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