Benefactor LONGINUS Posted December 15, 2023 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted December 15, 2023 (edited) The second of two annual festivals of Consualia occur on or about this day It was the custom of ancient Romans to give their equines the day off so I chose today to post my Gallienus bronze with it’s leisurely grazing horse on the reverse. Feel free to post your horses, donkeys, and mules. Edited December 15, 2023 by LONGINUS 20 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor Ancient Coin Hunter Posted December 15, 2023 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted December 15, 2023 Not just a horse, but a flying horse! He obviously deserved a break from his labors on the 15th of December. Type: AE antoninianus Rome mint, A.D. 267-268 Obverse: GALLIENVS AVG, radiate bust right Reverse: SOLI CONS AVG, Pegasus springing right Reference: RIC V 282 Originally posted on CoinTalk 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted December 15, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted December 15, 2023 I am only half a horse. But can I have the day off too? Gallienus AE Antoninianus. Sole reign 260-268AD. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head right / APOLLINI CONS AVG, Centaur walking left, holding globe and trophy. Mintmark H in exergue. RIC 164a, Cohen 74, RSC 74. Sear 10177 13 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted December 15, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted December 15, 2023 3 hours ago, LONGINUS said: Feel free to post your horses, donkeys, and mules. One from Kyme: Aiolis, Kyme AE 19 Phytas(?), magistrate Obv.: Head of the Amazon Kyme right, wearing taenia Rev.: Horse advancing right; KY above, jug below raised leg; ΠΥΘΙΩΝ magistrate in ex AE, 19 mm, 7.36g Ref.: SNG LEWIS 0876 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Limes Posted December 15, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted December 15, 2023 (edited) Thats a cool coin @LONGINUS. And never heard of this festival before, thanks for posting. A flying horse: Two mules who literally got time off, as their cart is resting behind them: Edited December 15, 2023 by Limes 13 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor jdmKY Posted December 15, 2023 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted December 15, 2023 Quintus Labienus, denarius, 40 BC Parthian horse 13 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambr0zie Posted December 15, 2023 · Member Share Posted December 15, 2023 One from Mylasa one from Gargara - since the coin is 7 mm, this could be a pony and one held by Fortuna. 14 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted December 15, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted December 15, 2023 I know it is a day off, but I can´t help looking behind me. If I see a guy with a lance, i´m gone 13 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ominus1 Posted December 15, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted December 15, 2023 ...up up & away.. L. Plautius Plancus denarius 47BC, 18mm,3.65gms 11 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted December 15, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted December 15, 2023 (edited) Great coin and thread idea DR! Here's one of my most artistic renderings of a horse by Rome's greatest rival and the obverse is lost to time! CARTHAGE. Circa 300 BC. AR Three-quarter Shekel(?) (18mm, 2.80 g,). Carthage mint. Wreathed head of Tanit left / Horse standing right, head left; Punic ‘ayin below. MAA 37 variante; CNP 102a; SNG Copenhagen 143. Obverse eroded. Rare, only five in CoinArchives And a few more pretty horses: And some bad horses. Get off of those shields! Edited December 15, 2023 by Ryro 11 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Octavius Posted December 16, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted December 16, 2023 RR didrachm , c. 280 BCE... RR aes grave , Triens, c. 280 BCE... RR Aes grave Triens , wheel / prancing horse, c. 225 BCE... 5 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amarmur Posted December 16, 2023 · Member Share Posted December 16, 2023 Philip II AE Macedon horse Alexander the Great horse and my absolute favorite abstract Celtic horse on a unknown tribe Celtic coin 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edessa Posted December 20, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted December 20, 2023 Celtic. Central Gaul. Sequani. Circa 50-30 BC. Potin Unit (20mm, 5.11 g, 3h). Obv: Diademed head left. Rev: Horned horse left, with S-shaped tail. Ref: Depeyrot, NC IV, 261; D&T 3087; CCCBM III S349. Good Very Fine. Brown patina, a couple of light scratches. From the Miami Collection. Ex Liz’s List 64 (April 2013), Lot 4, with ticket marked at 120 GBP. Ex CNG eAuction 515 (4 May 2022), Lot 325. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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