Rampant Lion Depiction on Coins

Zohar

I recently added this 2 Liard Insurrection coin and realized how commonly used was the rampant lion over the centuries in Europe, in particular Salzburg's coat of arms.



Please share any lions on other coinage.

worldcoinguy

worldcoinguy

What is the significance of the lion's stance? Note the similarities.

Zohar

WIKI

Iosephus

Interesting selection of coins!





They're not rampant, but here's a couple of medals with lions lying down:

PBRat

A few ...




1632 Austria 10 Kreuzer





1887 Belgium Franc





1698 Bohemia 3 Kreuzer





1856 Bavaria 6 Kreuzer





1741 Hesse-Cassel 4 Heller





1856 Hesse-Darmstadt 3 Kreuzer





1838 Nassau 6 Kreuzer





1749 Netherlands / Holland 10 Stuiver





1871 Norway 2 Skilling

nicholasz219

Dang it Zohar! I clicked your heraldry link and now it is two hours later.

harasha

I could not find any images of lions on coins and in fact, off the top of my head, the only coin that I have depicting a lion would be something from Paraguay.
However, I have several medals. Here is a very early image of mine, back from March of 2007.

Zohar

PBRat and all - that's some stellar gear !

Swampboy

brg5658

Originally posted by: PBRat

1887 Belgium Franc

That coin has ROCKSTAR eye appeal!

brg5658

Here's a Conder token with the rampant lion.

Swampboy

TwoKopeiki

Don't forget the lions representing the Kingdom of León on the Spanish coat of arms:

OriginalDan

Can't have a good lion thread without a liondollar...

EVillageProwler

Yes, my picture is not good. Fortunately, the coin is MUCH better than the picture.

ACop

The Sun and the Rampant lion are my favorite design elements on coins.

JohnnyCache

nicholasz219

PBRat, I would like to add something like your 3 Kreuzer to my collection as my Hogmouth example. I think the Talers are for sure out of range, but maybe something like a 3K is not?

Icollecteverything

Here's a Norwegian version:

Swampboy

These are all so cool.

I love that Norwegian lion.

EVillageProwler

PBRat

PBRat and all - that's some stellar gear !


Thanks Zohar. I was surprised at how many rampant lions I found.




That coin has ROCKSTAR eye appeal!


Thanks Brandon. Got that one from here on the PCGS board, from Dimitri/SYRACUSIAN.




PBRat, I would like to add something like your 3 Kreuzer to my collection as my Hogmouth example. I think the Talers are for sure out of range, but maybe something like a 3K is not?


Minor coins are definitely cheaper than Talers. I did pay a premium for that 3 Kreuzer, but I really liked the look of it, so I feel it was justified.

nicholasz219

PBRat, that is cool to know that I can add a minor coin and not have to mortgage the house. I can totally understand why you would pay a premium for that 3K because it is beautiful.

nicholasz219

BRG: That Conder is pretty awesome. I have two well worn Conders and seeing that coin makes me want more.



Zohar, is the third coin from the top of the post (in your initial post) a Belgian Florin? I have never seen that coin before. Very sharp, whatever it is.

PBRat

Zohar, is the third coin from the top of the post (in your initial post) a Belgian Florin? I have never seen that coin before. Very sharp, whatever it is.



There's a short Wiki Page on the coinage of the United Belgian States.

marcmoish

Such super pieces here above , here is my contribution to the rampant mania



Belgium 1873 5 Franc

Zohar

Zohar, is the third coin from the top of the post (in your initial post) a Belgian Florin?

Yes its part of the Insurrection series (I don't own all the coins yet the Florin I do and its the finest I have seen at MS-67) LINK