Typically on ancient Greek coins it is the front half of the animal that appears. The front half is called a 'protome'. There is no word for the back half appearing, as there hasn't been a need.
From today's Numismatik Naumann auction (lot 181). I am neither the buyer or seller.
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I noticed today that this is not a unique type. An example appears in Nancy Waggoner's catalog of the Rosen collection (#736) and is now part of the ANS collection.
Waggoner suspected Rosen's coin was unique.
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