...Animals on Roman Coins
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  • Antelope
  • Boar
  • Bull
  • Butterfly
  • Capricorn
  • Camel
  • Cicada
  • Crocodile
  • Dog
  • Dolphin
  • Eagle
  • Elephant
  • Goat
  • Griffin
  • Hippo
  • Horse
  • Ibis
  • Lion
  • Mule
  • Panther
  • Peacock
  • Pegasus
  • Phoenix
  • Rabbit
  • Ram / Sheep
  • Raven
  • Scorpion
  • Snakes
  • Sphinx
  • Storck
  • Swine / Sow
  • Wasp
  • Wolf
  • Zentaur
  • Antelope

    Boar
    Augustus, denarius
    Gallienus, Antoninianus for Legio I Italica

    Bull
    Augustus Aureus
    Julian II, AE 2

    Butterfly
    Republican denarius, butterfly left of Head of Juno
     

    Camel
    Bacchius Judaeus, 55 BC (Dromedar)
    Traian, Camel on drachm of ARABIA PETRAEA, Bostra

    Capricorn

    Cicada
    Cicada behind head

    Crocodile
    Augustus Denarius

    Dog
    Roman Republican AE
    and denarius
     

    Dolphin (and Griffin)

     

    Eagle
    GalbaMarciana
    Caracalla

    Elephant

    Goat on Philippus II sestertius

    Griffin on Republican Denarius

     
     

    Hippopotamus

    Horse

    Ibis

    Lion
    Antoninianus of Gallienus for the praetorian cohorts
    Legio IIII Flavia

    Mule

    Panther

    Peacock

    Pegasos

    Phoenix

    Rabbit (to the right of Hispania)

    Ram / Sheep
    Carausius, Ram for Legio I Minerva

    Raven

      quinar Marcus Antonius and Lepidus
     

    Scorpion
    Hadrian denarius

    Snakes
    Quinar of Augustus

    Sphinx

    Augustus Aureus
     

    Storck
    Gallienus Antoninianus

    Swine, Sow

    Wasp
    Republican denarius, griffin jumping over wasp

    Wolf

    Zentaur
    Gallienus Antoninianus
     

    and finally Plants:

    Flower on denarius of Augustus...