Ancient => coins that can be found "on the sea" and/or "in the sea"

AUGUSTUS AE Dupondius
OBV: IMP DIVI F, back-to-back heads of Agrippa, wearing rostral crown, & Augustus, bare
REV: COL NEM, crocodile chained to palm, wreath with long ties trailing above
Struck at Nemausus (Gaul)
RIC 155

 

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SICILY - SYRACUSE – HEMILITRON
TIME OF DIONYSIOS I
Circa 410-405 BC
Diameter: 16 mm
Weight: 3.4 grams
Obverse: ARETHUSA
Reverse: WHEEL OF FOUR SPOKES , DOLPHINS
Reference: sng ans 404

 

Sicily, Syracuse AE Litra
405-367 BC
Diameter: 28 mm
Weight: 27.22 grams
Obverse: YPA, head of Athena left, wearing Corinthian helmet decorated with wreath
Reverse: Sea-star between two dolphins
Reference: SNG ANS: 455, Calciati 62

 

Moesia, Istrus AR drachm
400-350 BC
Diameter: 19.52 mm
WEight: 4.75 grams
Obverse: Two male heads facing, the left inverted (Dioscuri)
Reverse: Sea eagle flying left, attacking a dolphin

 

Cimmerian Bosporus, Pantikapaion Æ20
Date: 4th Century BC
Diameter: 20.06 mm
Weight: 6.85 grams
Obverse: Head of Pan right
Reverse: Π-A-N, Forepart of griffin left, sturgeon below
Attribution: MacDonald 69

 

VITELLIUS AR Denarius
OBV: AVITELLIVSGERMIMPAVGTRP - Laureate head right
REV: XVVIRSACRFAC - Tripod, dolphin above and raven below
Struck at Rome, 69 AD Apr/Dec
2.9g, 19mm
RIC 109

 

Nerva AR Denarius
OBV: IMP NERVA CAES AVG P M TR P COS II P P, laureate head right
REV: CONCORDIA EXCERCITVVM, clasped hands holding legionary eagle resting on prow
Struck at Rome, 96 AD
2.9g, 18mm
RIC 3

 

SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS AR Denarius
OBV: SEVERVS PIVS AVG, laureate head right
REV: INDVLGENTIA AVGG, IN CARTH in ex, Dea Caelestis in elaborate headdress riding right on lion, holding thunderbolt & scepter; below, water gushing from rocks left
Struck at Rome, 204 AD
3.5g, 18mm
RIC IV 266

 

the unkowncoin on the left has a dolphin countermark.....

 

=> welcome, chrsmat71


:hail:

 

Sicily, Syracuse Æ Litra
Date: Circa 390 BC
Measure: 20.3 mm
Weight: 7.11 grams
Obverse: Head of Athena left, wearing Corinthian helmet
Reverse: Bridled hippocamp left, trailing reins
Attribution: SNG ANS 435

 

Sicily, Syracuse Æ Hemilitron / Dolphin and Scallop shell
Date: 357-344 BC
Size: 17.2 mm
Weight: 2.57 grams
Obverse: Female head left (Arethusa), with hair in sphendone, olive sprig behind
Reverse: Dolphin leaping right above scallop shell, ÓYPA below dolphin
Attribution: BMC 301

 

that shell/dolphin reverse is fantastic!

several coin posted here i don't remember form you guys beofore....could be the slipping memeory i however.....what was i talking about?

 

Greek, Euboea : Histiaia, Tetrobol
369-146 B.C.
O: Wreathed head of nymph Histiaia right
R: ΙΣΤ−ΑΙΕΩΝ, nymph seated right on galley

 

THRACE BYZANTION AR HEMIDRACHM
C. 340-320 BC
Diameter: 14mm
Weight: 2.48 grams
Obverse: Cow standing left on dolphin
Reverse: Incuse 'mill sail' punch
Reference: SNG BM 36-41




=> that's twice in the past 24 hours I've got to show this lil' puppy, eh? (overkill? ... eh, maybe)

 

Sicilia, Syracuse AE23
Diameter: 23 mm
Weight: 9.7 grams
Obverse: head of Kore-Persephone left, wreathed with grain
Reverse: bull butting left, dolphin and above, dolphin below
Reference: SNG ANS 561-571

 

=> nice lookin' galley, icerain (welcome aboard the ol' Sea-liner thread)

:thumb:

 

How about a galley.

 

=> It's galley-time!!


:hail::hail:

 

Demetrios Poliorketes, Macedonian Kingdom
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Obv:– Demetrios diademed head right with horns of a bull, the animal sacred to Demetrios' patron deity
Rev:– BASILEOS DEMETRIOY, Poseidon standing left, right foot on rock, trident in left (apparently inspired by the Lateran Poseidon, a statue by Lysippos, court sculptor of Alexander), monogram left
Minted in Pella, c. 289 - fall 288 B.C.
Reference:– Newell p. 97, 91 and pl. VIII, 12, SNG Cop 1179 var.
17.0192g, 29.3mm, 45o