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Welcome to Smackdown XLIV - Lions Coins with lions or bits of lions (heads, forepart, lionskin etc.). Each member can submit no more that than (2) two coins. There is no date restriction (all forms of ancient or modern coins are welcome) My example:- Obv:â€" Head of Herakles right clad in lion's head headdress. Rev:â€" BASILEWS LUSIMACOU, Zeus seated left on throne, eagle extended in right, long vertical scepter in left, forepart of lion over DI on left, K under throne Minted in Colophon mint from . B.C. 299 - 296. Ref:â€" Thompson 125, Müller -  Submissions will commence immediately and last 3 days ending 21:00 hrs BST 4/24/2013. (BRITISH SUMMER TIME) Voting will last 2 days ending 4/26/13 also @ 21:00 hrs BST. Winner selects next Smackdown topic unless they wish to pass on the honor. Thanks for participating. Enjoy |
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Long shot but a lion in every other lis Edward III quarter noble .   |
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Cool - heres mine, Leo I. Lion facing right. Late and somewhat rare, I'm lead to believe. Pretty nice bust on it too:   I have a lion head dress coin somewhere too..But id have to dig it out, so ill do that another day. Also, I think the title would fit better as Smackdown VIL. I believe its supposed to be the fewest characters. Does look nicer as it is though. To be honest, the greek would be better - μδʹ. |
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Gordian III   |
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æœˆæ° or the Yuezhi, but better known to us as the Kushan. A once destitute and subjugated nomadic people from a land deep in western China. They moved into Central Asia in the latter half of the 1st cent. BC. They destroyed the Greco-Bactrian kingdom that stood for nearly two centuries. They founded the Kushan Empire a super power that would last for the next two centuries, Greek art, language and numismatic themes remained popular culture in the era of the Kushan. Yue-Zhi, Yue-Chi Tribal Confederacy Sapadbizes AR hemidrachm c. 20 BCE 14.6mm x 1.41g Obverse:Helmeted bust right, greek legend: SAÎ AΛBIZHS Reverse:Lion standing right, tamgha of hill & crescent above Greek legend right and left: NANAIA Ref: MAC 2824. Notes: VERY RARE  This obscure location in Ancient southwest Turkey, had a very interesting history spanning centuries. Deep in the shifting sands lies on of the first democratic confederations and one of the well known accepted models in which the government of the United States of America was built. It was mentioned several times in the Federalist Papers both by James Madison and Alexander Hamilton. Persia, Lycia (Lycea, Lykia, Patara), c.500 - 450 BC Autonomous Lycia AR Silver Stater 24 mm x 23 mm x 9.16g obverse: Unknown flying creature, Flying horse or pig reverse: Lion's Head; native Luwein legend.  Edited by Ancientnoob
04/22/2013 11:16 am
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here's a couple elephant/lion combo coins!  [/URL]  [/URL] pushkalvati coin 185-168 bc obv: elephant rev: lion and swastika  [/URL]  [/URL] shahi kings of kabul 850-1000 ad rev:lion obv: elephant |
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Empire of Alexander the Great Struck 323 BC, a lifetime issue of Alexander struck at Babylon "not long before Alexander's death" [Price in "Papers in Memory of Nancy Waggoner"]   22 mm. 16.75 grams. Lion walking left, delta above. baal seated left, holding vertical sceptre, a type which resembles the Zeus seated left holding eagle. Sear Greek 6147 variety. The size of the shadow shows this is a thick coin, the weight of a typical tetradrachm but only 22 mm instead of 26-27 mm or more for most of Alexander's tetradrachms. |
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Carinus as Hercules. IMP C M AVR CARINVS PF AVG, Radiate draped and cuirassed bust right VIRTVTI AVGG Hercules standing right, leaning on club and holding bow and  . Rome RIC 271c Ex. KAZ 22mm,3.4gr, Die 180. 4th emission Aug 283. |
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My coins.... 4 Escudos CARLOS III (14grs and 30mm)There are 3 lions on shield ...   FULVIA quinarius lion rigth....   |
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Isn't it time to vote?
Bronze: Maridvnvm Lysimachus
Silver: AncientNoob Lycia
Gold: AncientNoob Kushan
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Gold: Warren- Alexandrine Babylon tetradrachm
Silver: Malamute-4 escudos Carlos
Bronze: Chris- The Shahi kings
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Gold - Warren's - Alexander
Silver - Anoob's - Yue-Zhi
Bronze - Chrsmat71's - Shaihi Kings
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Gold....Ancientnoob, Sapadbizes
Silver....augustus1, Alexander / Babylon
Bronze....chrsmat71, Shahi Kings of Kabul
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time to vote again....
bronze: m67's carlos iii, modern but gorgeous.
silver: augustus1's alexander era lion
gold: AN's kushan lion
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Gold: Warren Alexandrine Babylon tetradrachm
Silver: Malamute 4 escudos Carlos
Bronze: Chris The Shahi kings
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Sorry folks,
Work has kept me away from the boards. Just too much going on. I shouldn't have taken this one on.
Voting over.
The winner is Augustus1 with that lovely Alexander Babylon Lion
Running him a close second is Ancientnoob with the Sapadbizes AR hemidrachm
malamute67 came in third with the 4 escudos
On to the next Smackdown.....
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Posted 04/21/2013 4:19 pm
