ValiantKnight Posted May 27, 2022 · Member Share Posted May 27, 2022 I took in a stray in May of last year, my first cat, and he's been a very wonderful part of my life ever since. Here's Mr. Kitty! And here's a former coin of mine with a lion (I currently have a couple other lion coins but I need to photograph them): Miletos, Ionia AR twelfth-staterObv: Forepart of lion left, head turnedRev: Floral, star, or sun pattern in incuse squareMint: MiletosDate: 525-494 BCRef: SNG Cop 952 17 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Atherton Posted May 27, 2022 · Member Share Posted May 27, 2022 Hershey approves of this thread! On another note, are you able to post the content of your lighthouse coin thread here? I did a similar one a year or so ago, but yours is magnificent. Nice to see you here! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helvius Pertinax Posted May 27, 2022 · Member Share Posted May 27, 2022 Oh no 😂 I had the same idea for a thread! Well, here are my cats then: Can we let that one through as a rather chubby feline? 🤣 15 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncientNumis Posted May 27, 2022 · Member Share Posted May 27, 2022 (edited) Aww, such cute cats! 🙂 Here are my panthers (although they should probably be called leopards), a little more fierce than just a cat but I find them really fun anyway. I don't have a cat at home right now sadly as a pet, but used to have 2 kittens, and a few years before that, another cat - so I do really love them. Oh - and just remembered, I have got some fun lions too so I'll post those later if I remember. Edited May 27, 2022 by AncientNumis 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncientNumis Posted May 27, 2022 · Member Share Posted May 27, 2022 (edited) Ok, here we go! Managed to get pictures of the lions as well: - A Roaring Lion (Miletus 1/2 Stater) - A Tiny Lion (Kyzikos Hemiobol - And A Lion Being Strangled To Death By Herakles 😭(Herakleia Diobol) Edited May 27, 2022 by AncientNumis 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ValiantKnight Posted May 27, 2022 · Member Author Share Posted May 27, 2022 3 hours ago, David Atherton said: Hershey approves of this thread! On another note, are you able to post the content of your lighthouse coin thread here? I did a similar one a year or so ago, but yours is magnificent. Nice to see you here! Appreciate the warm welcome David and the kind words about my Pharos coin. I will post my Pharos thread in this forum soon; I had decided against it initially because I figured most here probably already saw it, but later I realized why my CT thread hasn’t gotten much traction is probably precisely because most CT ancients members are here now! I hope you post your example in this forum as well! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troyden Posted May 27, 2022 · Member Share Posted May 27, 2022 Lionskin counts? Tetradrachm of Alexander the Great, circa 325-322 BC (lifetime), weight 17.23 g., Catalogue: Price 3641, Babylon mint Obv: Head of beardless Heracles right wearing lionskin headdress Rev: Zeus Aetophoros seated on stool-throne left, wearing a himation over his lower limbs, eagle on outstretched right hand, sceptre in left hand, ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ (of Alexander) to the right 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordianAppreciator101 Posted May 27, 2022 · Member Share Posted May 27, 2022 2 hours ago, AncientNumis said: Aww, such cute cats! 🙂 Here are my panthers (although they should probably be called leopards), a little more fierce than just a cat but I find them really fun anyway. I don't have a cat at home right now sadly as a pet, but used to have 2 kittens, and a few years before that, another cat - so I do really love them. Oh - and just remembered, I have got some fun lions too so I'll post those later if I remember. Those are really nice! Shouldn't try to pet them though 😀 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maridvnvm Posted May 27, 2022 · Member Share Posted May 27, 2022 As a Severan specialist I have to add an IN CARTH type Probus did lions too To the left of Juno is the forepart of a lion The forepart of a lion faces the other way on the reverse of this Lysimachos drachm 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted May 27, 2022 · Patron Share Posted May 27, 2022 I love this thread, @ValiantKnight! Gallienus had a couple of kitties in his zoo series. Panther type: Gallienus, 253-268 AD. Roman Æ Antoninianus, 2.65 g, 20.1 mm, 5 h. Rome Mint, 10th emission, 267-268 AD. Obv: GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head right. Rev: LIBERO P CONS AVG, panther walking left, B in exergue. Refs: RIC 230K; Göbl 713b; Cohen 586; RCV 10281; Cunetio 1341; Hunter 112. Tigress type: Gallienus, 253-268 AD. Roman Æ Antoninianus, 2.63 g, 20.8 mm, 5 h. Rome Mint, 10th emission, 267-268 AD. Obv: GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head right. Rev: LIBERO P CONS AVG, tiger walking left, B in exergue. Refs: RIC 230K; Göbl 713b; Cohen 586; RCV 10281; Cunetio 1341; Hunter 112. 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alegandron Posted May 27, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted May 27, 2022 Carthage-LIBYAN UPRISING - Mercenaries issueMercenary War 241-238 BCE7.36g AR DiShekelHerakles Head in Lion's Head-Lion walking; Punic M above; LIBYA belowR SNG Cop 240fOverstrikeCoins were struck in the name of Libya and "M", which has been taken as either "machanat" - the Camp (of the mercenaries), or perhaps Matho, their leader 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaniard Posted May 27, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted May 27, 2022 Here's an interesting feline coin.. Kashmir Toramana II... A nice supposed lifetime issue of Toramana II with an added bonus! The reason I bought this coin is at 7 0'clock on the reverse you can clearly see the lions head that Lakshmi is seated on...Quite difficult to find the lion depicted in such detail. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncientNumis Posted May 27, 2022 · Member Share Posted May 27, 2022 43 minutes ago, Spaniard said: Here's an interesting feline coin.. Kashmir Toramana II... A nice supposed lifetime issue of Toramana II with an added bonus! The reason I bought this coin is at 7 0'clock on the reverse you can clearly see the lions head that Lakshmi is seated on...Quite difficult to find the lion depicted in such detail. That is SUPER interesting! Never seen it before, but it looks fascinating 🙂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordianAppreciator101 Posted May 27, 2022 · Member Share Posted May 27, 2022 4 hours ago, maridvnvm said: As a Severan specialist I have to add an IN CARTH type Probus did lions too To the left of Juno is the forepart of a lion The forepart of a lion faces the other way on the reverse of this Lysimachos drachm @Ronalovich check that Probus 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursus Posted May 27, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted May 27, 2022 Good idea for a thread and beautiful cat, @ValiantKnight! A very old ancient cat: Kings of Lydia, under Croesus, AR ⅙ stater, 565/53–550/39 BC. Obv: confronted foreparts of lion and bull. Rev: two incuse square punches of unequal size. 8–11mm, 1.76g. Ref: Berk 25; SNG Kayhan 1019; Sunrise 13. A Roman cat: Septimius Severus, Roman Empire, AR denarius, 202–210 AD, Rome mint. Obv: SEVERVS PIVS AVG; head of Septimius Severus, laureate, r. Rev: INDVLGENTIA AVGG IN CARTH; Dea Caelestis, draped, riding r. on lion, holding thunderbolt in r. hand and sceptre in l. hand; below, water gushing from rock. 19mm, 3.32g. Ref: RIC IV Septimius Severus 266. A colorful medieval cat: Brunswick-Lüneburg, under William of Lüneburg (aka William Longsword, William of Winchester), 1195–1213 AD, Lüneburg mint. Obv: Welf lion passant l. Rev: negative design (bracteate). 22mm, 0.55g. Ref: Berger 373; Bonhoff 77. A goofy medieval cat: Seljuq Sultanate of Rum, Kaykhusraw II, citing caliph al-Mustansir, AR dirham, 1241–1242 AD (639 AH), Qunya (Konya) mint. Obv: Kufic legend citing caliph: "al-imam al-mustansir billah amir al-mu'minin;" lion r. with sunface above. Rev: name and titles of Kaykhusraw II in Naskh: "as-sultan al-azam / ghiyath al-dunya wa ud-din / kay khusraw bin kay qubadh;" around, mint and date: "duriba bi-quniyat / sanat tis' / thel[athin] sittm'iat." 23mm, 2.97g. Ref: Album 1218. My cat (called "Tiger" but doesn't listen to her name; always hungry; likes to climb on my desk and purr into the camera during work video calls): 13 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncientNumis Posted May 27, 2022 · Member Share Posted May 27, 2022 Loooooove that Croesus 1/6 stater! Such an awesome coin, and beats my oldest lion (Miletus Twelfth Stater) by quite an amount 🙂 That Septimius Severus is also super nice. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncientNumis Posted May 27, 2022 · Member Share Posted May 27, 2022 (edited) Actually I guess I have a cat photo to contribute after all! And it's linked to Rome 😄 Here's a stray cat I saw on the Palatine hill in Rome. Idk why I edited it to make it black and white - but it's the only photo I have of the cat. Edited May 27, 2022 by AncientNumis 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted May 27, 2022 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted May 27, 2022 (edited) Some panthers (probably leopards given the spots), lions, and a tigress. Sekhmet Bastet And a couple of recent photos of my 16-year old orange tabby Ziggy, who was diagnosed 1 1/2 years ago with chronic kidney disease but is still doing his best and mostly happy. Edited May 28, 2022 by DonnaML 13 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alegandron Posted May 27, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted May 27, 2022 Akkadian 2350-2200 BCE Cylinder Seal Buff stone scene hero wrestling antelope winged lion Ex J Tabot collection And a Lion coin to make the post legal: Thrace Lysimachus AE 14 306 BC Apollo forepart of Lion 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted May 27, 2022 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted May 27, 2022 (edited) Your coin reminds me that in posting my lion coins I forgot this diobol from Mysia, Kyzikos: Edited May 27, 2022 by DonnaML 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Etcherdude Posted May 28, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted May 28, 2022 I hope this isn’t out of line… 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ValiantKnight Posted May 28, 2022 · Member Author Share Posted May 28, 2022 Wonderful cats and great coins. Thanks all for sharing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alegandron Posted May 28, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted May 28, 2022 One of my Favorites... What she accomplished in a ego-centric male-driven society is amazing...ROMAN REPUBLIC SUPER-TABOO...Fulvia: First Living Woman on a Roman Coin... AND she is depicted as VICTORYA very powerful and strong Woman in Ancient History, especially in a male-centric Roman Republic. I believe she DESERVES the LION(ESS) on the Reverse.Roman Republic (disintegrating) FulviaLate summer-autumn 43 BCEAR Quinarius (13mm, 1.67 g, 5h).Lugdunum (Lyon) mint.Obv: Winged bust of Victory right, with the likeness of Fulvia /Rev: Lion walking right; DVNI (retrograde and inverted) above, LVGV in exergue; A to left, X [L] to right (= 40, Antony’s age at time of issue).Crawford 489/5; Lyon 2; King 75; CRI 122; Sydenham 1160; Fulvia 4.Comments: VF, lightly toned, light porosity.Ex: CNGWikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FulviaThe siege at Perusia lasted two months before Octavian starved Lucius into surrender in February 40 BC. After Lucius' surrender, Fulvia fled to Greece with her children. Appian writes that she met Antony in Athens, and he was upset with her involvement in the war. Antony then sailed back to Rome to deal with Octavian, and Fulvia died of an unknown illness in exile in Sicyon, near Corinth, Achaea.[46] After her death, Antony and Octavian used it as an opportunity to blame their quarrelling on her. According to Plutarch, "there was even more opportunity for a reconciliation with Caesar. For when Antony reached Italy, and Caesar manifestly intended to make no charges against him, and Antony himself was ready to put upon Fulvia the blame for whatever was charged against himself."[46] After Fulvia's death, Antony married Octavian's sister, Octavia Minor, to publicly demonstrate his reconciliation with Octavian. Antony never regained his position and influence in Italy.[47]Once Antony and Octavia were married, she took in and reared all of Fulvia's children. The fate of Fulvia's daughter, Clodia Pulchra, after her divorce from Octavian is unknown. Her son Marcus Antonius Antyllus was executed by Octavian in Alexandria, Egypt in 30 BC. Her youngest child, Iullus Antonius, was spared by Octavian and raised from 40 BC by Octavia Minor. Iullus married Octavia's daughter and Octavian's niece Claudia Marcella Major and they had a son Lucius Antonius and possibly a daughter Iulla Antonia. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heliodromus Posted May 29, 2022 · Member Share Posted May 29, 2022 This is my desktop buddy, Gingey. And his brother Sooty. Here he is trying to get a better look at the deer in the yard. As far as coins, best I can do is this commemorative issued by Constantine for Maximianus. RIC VII Rome 123 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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