Prieure de Sion Posted July 18, 2022 · Member Share Posted July 18, 2022 I just came across horses on coins through the "Post-it" thread - and since my second hobby is riding - I thought I'd show you your horses. Since I am a really enthusiastic rider - I also thought of using this as a collecting area. But collecting areas are like smoke and mirrors for me and don't last long 😄 But to the point! Show me your horses on your coins. Conditions: 1. please no bigas, trigas or quadrigas where you can hardly recognise the horse. Coins on which a single horse is in the foreground or at least a horse's head! 2. no matter what era. Greeks, Celts, Romans, Middle Ages, medals - it doesn't matter - I would like to see beautiful powerful muscular horses (or as I said, an expressive horse's head will do). I somehow only have two coins with single horses, I noticed. One greek coin from Tarentum and one of Geta. What do you have? 21 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted July 18, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted July 18, 2022 (edited) Good idea for a thread ! Here is one of my metal horses Larissa, Thessaly AR Drachm Obv.: Head of the nymph Larissa facing slightly left Rev: Mare with foal, both standing right; ΛAPIΣ above, AIΩN in exergue. Ag, 5.98g Ref.: CNG 292, Lancaster 2012, Nr. 85 (same dies) Edited July 18, 2022 by shanxi 16 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prieure de Sion Posted July 18, 2022 · Member Author Share Posted July 18, 2022 1 minute ago, shanxi said: Rev: Mare with foal, both standing right; ΛAPIΣ above, AIΩN in exergue. Thats cool Shanxi! With a foal....! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncientOne Posted July 18, 2022 · Member Share Posted July 18, 2022 Triartemorion from Taras. Taras, Calabria AR Triartemorion. Obv: Bridled horses head right. Rev: Bridled horses head right, bird before. 10mm., 0.43gm. 380-228 BC. 19 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Octavius Posted July 18, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted July 18, 2022 I also love horses on coins and sculpture; Here is my stable from Rome.... (the barn door is open!) and lastly, a phalera 1st - 3rd century AD. 13 1 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Conduitt Posted July 18, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted July 18, 2022 I don't know what category Celtic horses come under. Perhaps 'expressive'. If they have a head, anyway. Antedios ‘D-Bar’ Unit, 10-30Iceni tribe, East Anglia. Silver, 13x14mm, 1.01g. Horse right, corn-ear mane, pellet daisy above, pellet under tail, pellet triad and ANTĐ monogram below. Double moon emblem on vertical wreath (ABC 1645). 14 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Conduitt Posted July 18, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted July 18, 2022 The other end of British chronology... George VI Five Shillings, 1951London. Copper-nickel, 39mm, 28g. Uncrowned portrait of King George VI left; GEORGIVS VI D:G:BR:OMN:REX F:D: FIVE SHILLINGS. St George slaying the dragon right, date and engraver's initials in exergue, 1951 B.P (Benedetto Pistrucci). Edge: Incuse legend MDCCCLI CIVIUM INDUSTRIA FLORET CIVITAS MCMLI (S 4111). Legal tender at 25 pence. 13 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor jdmKY Posted July 18, 2022 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted July 18, 2022 Quintus Labienus - 40 BC BONUS PHOTO - me with American Pharoah 18 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted July 18, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted July 18, 2022 Great thread which made me realise that I don't have many horses at all. Sovereign, Austria and Algeria 14 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prieure de Sion Posted July 18, 2022 · Member Author Share Posted July 18, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, jdmKY said: BONUS PHOTO - me with American Pharoah Oh fantastic - a beautiful horse. magnificent! What do you have there? I don't have many pictures because I sit on them most of the time. Here is an older one with my daughter who is also quite in love with horses. I used to jump in competitions. Today I only ride through the forest in my spare time 😄 ... a tribute to old age. --- There are more horses going for metal discs 🙂 ... where are all the little animals? Edited July 18, 2022 by Prieure de Sion 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor Steve Posted July 18, 2022 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted July 18, 2022 (edited) Holy Smokes!! ... fantastic horse-coins, gang!! Naaaaaaaaaayyy!! Ummm, here is my first herd of horses ... "They're at the post => and they're off" Edited July 18, 2022 by Steve 12 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor Steve Posted July 18, 2022 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted July 18, 2022 ... "they're at the clubhouse-turn" ... 12 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ominus1 Posted July 18, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted July 18, 2022 one from Kyme 🙂 14 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor Steve Posted July 18, 2022 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted July 18, 2022 ... "they're heading for home!!" ... 13 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor Steve Posted July 18, 2022 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted July 18, 2022 (edited) ... it's a photo-finish => but yes, in a field of 49 horse-coins, it's Vandal-Horse for the win!! ... and it's the long-shot "Vandal-Horse" for the win!! VANDALS IN CARTHAGE, Æ 21 NUMMI SOLDIER / HORSE HEAD Attribution: MEC 45 Date: 523-533 AD Obverse: Soldier standing facing Reverse: Head of horse left, XXI in exergue Size: 20.26 mm Weight: 6.28 grams A super-fast runner Ex-stevex6 ... phew ... what a fantastic race, eh? Edited July 18, 2022 by Steve 13 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prieure de Sion Posted July 18, 2022 · Member Author Share Posted July 18, 2022 44 minutes ago, ominus1 said: one from Kyme 🙂 Often the simple, the aesthetic and the most beautiful... 41 minutes ago, Steve said: ... phew ... what a fantastic race, eh? I particularly like the second one - the horse is grazing - a very natural representation. Very beautiful! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursus Posted July 18, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted July 18, 2022 Here is a rather martial horseman: Roman Republic, moneyer: M. Sergius Silus, AR denarius, 116–115 BC, Rome mint. Obv: EX·S·C ROMA; helmeted head of Roma, r., denominational mark X. Rev: Q M·SERGI SILVS; one-armed horseman (Marcus Sergius Silus) l., holding sword and severed head in l. hand. 17mm, 2.84g. RRC RRC 286/1. 14 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qcumbor Posted July 18, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted July 18, 2022 Some very old and ugly pics : Q 15 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deinomenid Posted July 19, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted July 19, 2022 Sicily, Himera, Stater or Didrachm, 430 BC, AU(50-53), Silver, SNG ANS:168f Nude rider dismounting from a horse galloping left, retrograd legend in exergue. Apparently a “picture” of the Olympic et al anabates event where the rider ran some of the race on foot next to his horse. 13 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Di Nomos Posted July 19, 2022 · Member Share Posted July 19, 2022 (edited) Love all these horse coins! My three are an archaic horse followed by a somewhat more classical horse followed by a somewhat different kind of horse....... Edited July 19, 2022 by Di Nomos 11 1 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prieure de Sion Posted July 19, 2022 · Member Author Share Posted July 19, 2022 1 hour ago, Di Nomos said: Love all these horse coins! My three are an archaic horse followed by a somewhat more classical horse followed by a somewhat different kind of horse....... All three coins fantastic. But I especially like number two. How at that time the horse was not only depicted as a pure farm animal, but already as a noble steed. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambr0zie Posted July 19, 2022 · Member Share Posted July 19, 2022 (edited) Yee-haw! Æ 11 mm., 1,68 g. CARIA. Mylasa. Ae (Circa 210-30 BC). Obv: Forepart of horse right. Rev: MYΛΑΣΕΩΝ. Ornate trident head. SNG Keckman 225. CILICIA, Kelenderis (ca 425-400) AR Obol Horse prancing right Rev: KE Goat crouching left, looking backwards. SNG von Aulock 5643; Göktürk 9; SNG France 116 var. (goat left); Demeester 143. 0,55 g, 9 mm 11 mm, 0,93 g Thessaly, Larissa AR Trihemiobol. Circa 356-320 BC. Head of the nymph Larissa facing slightly to left, wearing ampyx and necklace / Thessalian horseman charging to right; ΛΑΡΙΣΑΙΩΝ around. BCD Thessaly II 341; HGC 4, 515. Troas. Gargara circa 400-300 BC. Bronze Æ 7 mm, 0,63 g Laureate head of Apollo right. / ΓAΡ above horse galloping right. Lindgren 362; SNG AUL 7599, SNG AUL 1511, SNG LEIPZIG 1113, SNG COP 20 331 Edited July 19, 2022 by ambr0zie 13 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtisimo Posted July 19, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted July 19, 2022 Yeeee-haw 🤠 🐎 11 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qcumbor Posted July 19, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted July 19, 2022 Jean II de Bourbon, Duc de Bourbon (1456-1488), Franc à cheval Atelier de Trévoux+IONES*DVX*BORBONI*TREVOBCII׃DNS. Buste cuirassé du Prince à gauche, portant le collier de l'ordre de St Michel.DEXTER A*D NI.*EXAL TAVIT*MEA Le Prince casqué et cuirassé à cheval, brandissant une épée et passant à droite. La housse est semée de lis, accompagnée de la brisure (les armes de la maison de Bourbon). 22 mm - 3,44 gr. Ref : Divo Dombes # 1 (5 exemplaires decrits), Mantellier -, Poey d’Avant -, Friedberg # 119 Q 9 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted July 19, 2022 · Patron Share Posted July 19, 2022 Lovely coins, @Prieure de Sion! I like these ones from Alexandria Troas: Valerian I, AD 253-260, Roman provincial AE 19 mm, 4.83 g, 7 h. Troas, Alexandria Troas, AD 253-260. Obv: IMP LICINI VALERIANV, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust, right. Rev: COL AVG TRO, horse feeding, right. Refs: BMC 17.29, 159; cf: Bellinger A 436, SNG von Aulock 7573, SNG Copenhagen 191, Mionnet Suppl. V 313-314 (variations of inscriptions). Time of Valerian I to Gallienus, AD 253-268. Roman provincial Æ 20.1 mm, 4.49 g, 1 h. Troas, Alexandria Troas, AD 253-268. Obv: CO-L TROAD, turreted and draped bust of Tyche, right, with vexillium inscribed AV/CO over shoulder. Rev: COL AVG, Horse grazing right, TRO in exergue. Refs: Bellinger A486; SNG Copenhagen 108-113; SNG von Aulock 1466; SNG Tübingen 2533; BMC 48 var. 12 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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