The ultimate lion thread
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From 650 BC the Lydian stater
featured a lion on its obverse.
One of the earliest coins
known reflects the fascination
that man has always held
for the so-called "King of the Beasts".
We find lion coins everywhere, in every culture and time period. Their importance as a symbol probably can't be overestimated.
Everyone has posted some lion coins from time to time and some forum members have been collecting them for a while. As time and the page height of this thread permit, I thought it might be fun to create a definitive lion coin thread. Post what you have-it should be fun.
One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics
is that you end up being governed by inferiors. – Plato
is that you end up being governed by inferiors. – Plato
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is that you end up being governed by inferiors. – Plato
is that you end up being governed by inferiors. – Plato
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Cosmic-I can almost reach out and touch that Yemini lion-beautiful example of the noble beast!
is that you end up being governed by inferiors. – Plato
is that you end up being governed by inferiors. – Plato
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is that you end up being governed by inferiors. – Plato
this example is better than my first
is that you end up being governed by inferiors. – Plato
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Jozeph Witterwulghe's Belgian WWI Peace Medal:
Obv. of Wyon's Indian Army Rifle Assn. Medal:
An 1893 German military commemorative medal by A. Brendler:
Rev. of the British WWII Defence Medal - Crowned Head variety:
Dutch Royal Shield Society medal:
Obv. of medal by A. Chorillon for the French National Federation of Physical Education Societies:
A Czechoslovakian Numismatic Medal by J. Harcuba:
'Pro Belgica' Commemorative Medal from a WWI Swiss series covering leaders of both sides in the war edited by Huguenin Fréres – Le Locle:
Obv. of G. Orsolini's Italian WWI Victory Medal:
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