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My recent uncleaned batch has spat out another! 2 in one lot, thats pretty lucky. I already know one of them, a centaur right with bow, thats still cleaning. But heres one I'm stumped on:    What is that meant to be? |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Looks like the panther reverse.
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Bulgaria
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yeah it's panther  Gallienus, AE Antoninianus, 267-269, Rome. GALLIENVS AVG. Radiate bust right. LIBERO P CONS AVG. Panther walking left. B in exergue. RIC V, 230. Edited by t0rress
12/30/2012 10:47 am
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United States
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 with bing, its a bing it's a gallienus liber pater with panther (or tigres)  , you can pick out the "op co" of the LIBEROPCONSAVG on the reverse. t0rres beat me to it!  Edited by chrsmat71
12/30/2012 10:49 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Ha and here I thought the "panther" (jaguar) was native to the Americas. Is it a lion or a tiger?
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United States
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well, it's kind of confusing, especially since this was long before modern taxonomy (now lions and tigers are in the panther family), but I guess the usage of the word usually applies to a color variant of a leopard or puma...this can probably explain it better... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panthera |
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Very interesting- I learned or should I say relearned something new today.
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 United Kingdom
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darn good eye Bing - it is indeed a panther/tiger.
And, I'm afraid to say, the centaur isn't a centaur! I cleaned it up some more and its a stag. I'm pretty dissapointed - that was the main coin I got the lot for! Oh well, still a pretty thing to have.
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Cool Cat!  |
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Posted 12/30/2012 09:40 am
