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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Valentinian, post: 8315973, member: 44316&quot;]This thread is about unusual objects on ancient coins. If you have one, name the object and post an identified example. I&#039;ll begin.</p><p><br /></p><p>First object:&nbsp; <b>Birdbath</b>&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1472393[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Gordian III, 238-244.</p><p>33 mm. 14.77 grams. Roman provincial cons of Seleucia ad Calycadnum in Cilicia.</p><p>Aphrodite right holding mirror, cupid (Eros) to left and <b>birdbath</b> to right.&nbsp; </p><p>The obverse has a countermark-- a delta with a dot inside.</p><p>SNG Levante -- but 773 is similar but with a cupid on each side and no birdbath</p><p>SNG France 2 Cilicie --. 1020 and 1021 have two cupids. </p><p>BMC Greek --. Von Aulock --, as 5839 again with two cupids.</p><p>SNG Copenhagen VI Cilicia --, cf 215 with two cupids.</p><p>Imhoof-Blumer <i>Grieschische Münzen</i>, plate XI.16, an example with a birdbath, in Berlin. </p><p>The firm of Brian Kritt had one in list 25, Feb. 1994, lot 54.</p><p>It seems this birdbath type is rarer than the similar two-cupid type. Does anyone else have an example? </p><p><br /></p><p>If you have a coin with an unusual object on it, post it to this thread. If you have another example of a previously posted object, show us your example.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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