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Terrific "bath tub" galley MZ
I believe aplustre to be one and the same with acrostolium, the former being an alteration of the latter.

Q

 

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Ummm, did you not read my stuff?? (brutal) ... one is the stern and one is the bow



... why do I even try? (you guys think I'm merely cartoons, right?)



=> hey, cartoons are fricken awesome, eh?!!



I don't care ... I love you guys!!

 

Yes but,
1 - I don't know the difference between stern and bow (and not sure I care, no way am I a sailor)
2 - All depends from where you look at it


Can you tell the difference here ?



You rock Steve
Q

 

Yup. I have hairy dogs. The bit with the pink tongue is the bow.

 

Sadly, one of my dogs has brown on both ends, so I am forced to call her name to know which direction she is pointing!!

... poor Larry (she's so sweet)

 

Bow vs Stern! Got it and thanks Steve-o!

 

MN. FONTEIUS ROMAN REPUBLIC; GENS FONTEIA
AR Denarius
OBVERSE: Jugate heads of the Dioscuri
REVERSE: Galley under oar
Struck at Rome 108-109 BC
3.9g, 20mm
Cr.307/1, Fonteia 7


PHOENICIA TYRE
AE20
OBVERSE: Turreted head of Tyche to right, palm branch behind
REVERSE: Galley to left, prow terminating in volute, aphlaston at stern, NA (= 76/5 B.C.) and Tyre monogram above over IEΡAΣ [AΣNΛON] in monogram above, Phoenican letters below
Tyre 76-75 BC
7g, 20mm
BMC 26, 255, 254


SEXTUS POMPEY; GENS POMPEIA
AE As
OBVERSE: MAGN above laureate janiform head with features of Pompey the Great
REVERSE: PIVS above, IMP below, prow of galley right
Sicilian 43-36 BC
22.8g, 31mm
Syd 1044a, Cr479/1, Pompeia 20v, Cohen 16


MARCUS ANTONIUS
AR Denarius
OBVERSE: ANT AVG III VIR R P C, Praetorian galley, thyrsos behind prow
REVERSE: LEG XIII, eagle between standards
Patrae 32-31 BC
3.5g, 17mm
RSC 27

 

Its a really neat type, cool addition!

 

As it's already sunday here, and we seem allowed to pile on with galleys, let's show a "pre-crocodile-stuff", yet bearing a galley, we don't see too often :


Octavian & Agrippa, AE Dupondius Arausio mint (Orange), 30-29 BC (Colonia Firma Julia Secundanorum Arausio)
IMP DIVI F (IMPerator DIVI Filii), bare heads of Augustus (right) and Agrippa (left), back to back
Prow of galley right, ram's head (?) enclosed in a medaillion above
17.61 gr - 28 mm.
Ref : RPC # 533
Ex. CNG e-auction #181/28, from the Patrick Villemur collection

Following comment taken from http://www.asdenimes.com/ :

Un très bel exemplaire du dupondius d'Orange. Têtes adossées d'Agrippa (à gauche) et Octave (à droite). Très beaux reliefs.
L’as (ou dupondius) d’Orange est très rare et nombre d'exemplaires connus (quelques dizaines) sont souvent de médiocre conservation. Le dupondius d'Orange préfigure le dupondius de Nîmes frappé à partir de 28/27 av. J.-C. et qui reprendra l’avers quasiment à l’identique (y compris les légendes), avec les profils d’Octave devenu Auguste et d’Agrippa. Le revers sera interprété de façon parodique sur l’as de Nîmes, puisque la galère sera remplacée par le crocodile qui garde à peu près la forme générale du vaisseau et dont l’oeil prophylactique (pas visible sur cet exemplaire) deviendra l’oeil du crocodile. On y ajoutera la palme pour former le mat et quelques autres accessoires tout aussi symboliques.
La tête de bélier représentée dans le médaillon du revers serait l’emblème des vétérans de la légio II Gallica qui a fondé la colonie d’Arausio vers 35 av. J.-C.
On distingue 2 types de dupondius d'Orange : ceux dont les portraits occupent la plus grande partie de l'avers et ceux qui montrent des têtes plutôt petites.

Q

 

Tyche and Zeus with reverses of ancient Phoenician ships covered with genuine sands of the Phoenician coast.

 

sweet coin, Q ... the pre-croc is a total winner

 

Absolutely!!!

 

Very enjoyable thread @Mikey Zee! I like that we all have something different to contribute.

Great coins everyone! Here is my galley -- no surprise, one from the Roman Republic. Also from the same gens as @Bing's denarius, issued a few years earlier. I read somewhere (I forget where) that the reverse refers to the naval exploits of P. Fonteius Capito, who was praetor in Sardinia in 169 BC.


C. FONTEIUS ROMAN REPUBLIC; GENS FONTEIA
113/114 BC
AR denarius 3.82 grams - 20.25 mm
Obv: Beadless laur. Janiform head of Dioscuri, * (XVI monogram) below r. chin, control letter S below l chin, 6 dots below neck
Rev: Gallery left, with pilot and 3 rowers left, C FONT (NT in monogram) above, ROMA below
Reference: Crawford 290/1, Syd 555, SR167, RSC Fonteia 1
(vendor photo)

 

Need I say how much I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT!!!!

Hmmm, It seems I already did

BTW: Mrs. Bing and I are working out a trade....Don't tell Bing ok??

 

Hmmm...is she trying to trade away Bing or his coins?

 

LOL

 

A "galley set" would certainly be something fantastic to put together, so many magnificient types all around !!

Just another galley before this thread is buried down


ROMAN IMPERATORS, Sextus Pompeius and Q. Nasidius, Denarius Mint moving with Sextus Pompeius, Sicily, 42-39 BC
NEPTVNI, head of Pompey the great right, trident before head, dolphin below
Q.NASIDIVS at exergue, galley sailing right, star in upper field
3.92 gr
Ref : HCRI # 235, RCV # 1390, Crawford # 483/2, Sydenham # 1350, Cohen # 20
Ex Freeman & Sear
Ex Barry Feirstein collection
Ex Roma Numismatics

Q

 

WOW !!!! I couldn't begin to rave enough about that coin 'Q'

Pompey and a Galley!!! Fantastic!!!

 

Indeed, Q, nice Sextus! Full sails and great galley.

 

That is one killer Sextus Pompey denarius and galley, Q.