Galley Under Full Sail

Allectus

Arados

Sidon

L Caecilius Metellus

 

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marcus Aurelius Rough boat As

 

Awesome OP galley coin!! Congrats!

 

Super Galley @Theodosius ... just great!

I have very few... a couple Anthony's and an Allectus:



RImp Marc Antony AR Den 32-31 BC Leg III Ship Eagle Standards S 1479 Cr 544-15


RI Allectus 293-296 AE Quinarius London Virtus Galley AE17 2-3g S 13870 RIC 55

 

Agreat OP galley coin, we seldom see the "full sail" stuff I guess


Republic, Sextans struck in Rome, circa 211-206 BC
Head of Mercury right, wearing petasus, two pellets above helmet
ROMA, Prow of galley right, surmounted by a victory right
5.11 gr
Ref : RCV #1218



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



Mark Antony, Denarius struck in a travelling mint, c.32-31 BC
ANT AVG III VIR RPC, Galley right
LEG IV, Legionary eagle between two standards
3.67 gr
Ref : HCRI #352, Cohen #30



Constantinopolis, AE 3 struck in Siscia, 2nd officina
CONSTANTINOPOLIS, Helmeted Constantinopolis left
Anepigraph, Victory left leaning on shield, BSIS at exergue
2.64 gr
Ref : RC #3890 var, Cohen #21



Valentinianus II, AE2 struck in Constantinople, 4th officina
D N VALENTINIANVS P F AVG, Helmeted, diademed, cuirassed bust of Valentinian, holding spear in right hand
GLORIA RO-MANORUM, Valentinain standing on a galley, driven by a victory, Wreath in field, CON delta at exergue
4.93 gr
Ref : RIC # 52, Cohen #22, RC #4161, LRBC #2151

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I'm getting seasick just looking at this thread!

 

I've got a boat from Arados and another one from Thessaloniki.

 

I was reluctant to post this because I'm still experiencing anxiety about the possible loss. I purchased a number of Herodian coins which apparently have gone missing between here and Israel. I haven't given up on them yet. They still may be hung up at U.S. Customs and will appear at my mailbox one day. Anyway, here is my Herod Archelaus ship's prow prutah wherever it may be.

 

Hopefully your ship will come in!

 

Lovely OP coin and great ship coins all. I have 2. Marc Antony and Titus.

 

Thanks, Theodosius! Great thread!

 

Here is an of Hadrian which I have not posted before.

Hadrian, 117-138, AE As COS III (125-128), Rome.
Obv: Draped bust r.
Rev: Galley sailing l. 5 oarsmen
RIC 674

 

Another from Arados

 

This coin is part of a series of coinage from Constantinople (GLORIA EXERCITVS, GLORIA ROMANORVM, LIBERTAS PVBLICA, SPES PVBLIC and CONSTANTINIANA DAFNE) summing up the civil war with Licinius. The reverse alludes to the naval victory of Crispus where he captured Byzantium; soon to be renamed Constantinople.

Constantine I
A.D. 327-8
CONSTANTINVS MAX AVG; head with rosette diadem
LIBERTAS PVBLICA; Victory standing left on galley, wreath in both hands; B in left.
In ex. CONS
RIC VII Constantinople 25

 

No Orfew, the second is half-as'd! It is only HALF a ship and does not count!

 

I hope you guys and girls don't mind me spamming my new coin.

Well, its got a ship.

 

wow, icerain => fancy dance!!

 

Killer ship coins all! Here's my meager group of prow and galley's.


Judaea, Ascalon AE14. War galley


Phoenicia, Tyre. Ae18 Galley


Thrace, Coela. Commodus AE20. Prow


Caria, Knidos. Ae12. Prow over club.


CYPRUS. Salamis. Æ12. Late 4th cent. BC.


Megaris, Megara. Ae12. Prow/Tripod


Phoenicia, Sidon AE24 Astarte standing on galley


Thessalonica, Macedonia, AE19. Zeus/prow


Uncertain mint. Vespasian AE18. Prow.

 

Not ancient but... Hey! I like ships.


Netherlands Rechenpfennig. Dreimaster segelschiff-Durch Glück und Kunst
Louis XV / Segelschiff(sailing boat) - durch Glück und Kunst(by luck and art), Johann George Holtzhey 1695-1760.


1841 Hard Times token. USS Constitution
MILLIONS FOR DEFENSE, NOT ONE CENT FOR TRIBUTE.

 

I love a seafaring thread! As long as we're on the subject, I'll add a mystery coin that I found at NYINC. It's either an issue of Demetrios I or II, so it's not that big of a mystery. The obverse is off-center to be sure (Hey - how do y'all like my hairdo?), but the coin is in EF with a superb galley on the reverse. I can make out part of ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ∆ΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ at the top, and that should be a date directly under, which I'm having a hard time reading. Under the prow appears to be Phoenician, which would make it a Tyre issue, probably Demetrios I. Still working on it, but a bi-lingual Seleucid bronze is pretty cool. This is the first one I've seen...