Hello and good morning! Today's thread is "Maritime Monday!". Coins, tokens and medals with a "Nautical" theme. It's not a good time to go boating off the New England coast but here we go! Won't you post yours as well?....... Here are some examples from my collection .................
Attribution: RIC Vii 143 Date: 259-268 AD Obverse: IMP C M CASS LAT POSTVMVS PF AVG, Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right Reverse: LAETITIA AVG SC , galley right Size: 33.14 mm Weight: 19.6 grams Description: A nice large sestertius with a nice portrait but very weak reverse
The only thing that’s nautical about this coin is that it’s has been recovered from a shipwreck. It’s from the Admiral Gardner which sank in 1809.
Silver denarius, Crawford 519/2, Sydenham 1177, RSC I Domitia 21, F, well centered, Uncertain Adriatic or Ionian mint, weight 3.546g, maximum diameter 18.4mm, die axis 270o, 41 - 40 B.C.; obverse AHENOBAR, bare head of Ahenobarbus right; reverse CN DOMITIVS IMP, trophy on prow right; Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus supported Cassius and Brutus following the assassination of Caesar and served as a naval commander in the Ionian Sea, opposing the Second Triumvirate, when this coin was struck. He later reconciled with Mark Antony and his son, and only child, was married to the daughter of Antony and Octavia. Disgusted with Anthony's relationship with Cleopatra, he switched his allegiance to Octavian before Actium. He was a great-grandfather of the emperor Nero.
I just had to add this as it’s smaller than a dime. Another 1 Oz. copper round honoring WWII vets for Doolittle’s Tokyo Raiders.
And honorable mention to Bay Bridge commemorative for some having ships passing under the Bay Bridge on the reverse -