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ANCIENT COIN SOURCE FOR LION VS. LION MEDAL?Last week, William Todd wrote: Below is a photo of a 1917 cast iron medal by the Hungarian-born Munich medallist Elisabeth von Esseö (also spelled Essoe, as on this medal) in my collection. The image of these fighting lions is reminiscent of an ancient (Hellenistic?) coin, but thus far my online searches have failed to discover an original which she may have used as a source. I would be grateful if any reader familiar with Classical numismatics could provide a photo, or link to a photo, of such an image along with relevant data.  Deven Melton writes: The ancient coin that inspired the pictured 1917 medal was likely a Acanthus Tetradrachm. Here's a link of sold HERITAGE lots.   MACEDON. Acanthus. Ca. 520-470 BC. AR tetradrachm (26mm, 17.28 gm). Bull with head raised crouching to right, attacked by lion, leaping left on his back; Acanthus flower in exergue / Quadripartite incuse square. J. Desnaux, Les tétradrachmes de Akanthus, cf. pl. VI, 14. Boston 516. Gulbenkian 391. To view the lot descriptions, see: OK. That's lion vs. bull, but is there a coin with a lion vs another lion? Ron Haller-Williams submitted a number of links (too many to publish here). He came up with some lion vs. bull designs as well, but he hasn't found a lion-on-lion design, either. Here's one of his other finds. -Editor  Lion vs. Tiger: The Seringapatam Gold Medal To read the complete article, see: To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see: THE BOOK BAZARREGET TO KNOW GEORGE T. MORGAN- The newly expanded (now 320 pages!) 6th edition of Q. David Bowers's Guide Book of Morgan Silver Dollars has updated coin values in up to 14 grade levels; new certification records; an expanded index; a new appendix on counterfeit coins and how to avoid them; expanded discussion and photographs of the 1964 Morgan dollar dies, hubs, and models; and more. Available March 2019. Pre-order your copy for $19.95 online at Whitman.com , or call 1-800-546-2995.Wayne Homren, Editor The Numismatic Bibliomania Society is a non-profit organization promoting numismatic literature. See our web site at coinbooks.org. To submit items for publication in The E-Sylum, write to the Editor at this address: whomren@gmail.com To subscribe go to: https://my.binhost.com/lists/listinfo/esylum All Rights Reserved. NBS Home Page Contact the NBS webmaster 
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