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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sulla80, post: 4623476, member: 99456&quot;]Another excellent denarius from your collection, great details on your C. Fonteius!&nbsp; Here&#039;s my Fonteius which I liked especially for the clear triplet of rowers:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1144417[/ATTACH]</p><p>For parts of the ship, the <a href="https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/secondary/SMIGRA*/Navis.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/secondary/SMIGRA*/Navis.html" rel="nofollow">&quot;Navis&quot; section</a> of W. Smith is a good place for orientation.&nbsp; This image missing the little houses on the coin above, but otherwise very informative:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1144418[/ATTACH]</p><p>I stumbled on &quot;<span style="color: #006600"><b>acrostolium</b></span>&quot; as a word for prow decorations researching this coin of Hadrian - which I would have called &quot;<a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-small-ae-from-arados.350167/#post-3875540" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-small-ae-from-arados.350167/#post-3875540">aplustre</a>&quot; (link provided to my post on <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-small-ae-from-arados.350167/#post-3875540" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-small-ae-from-arados.350167/#post-3875540">aplustre</a>):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1144425[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Hadrian</b>, AD 117-138, AR Denarius, Rome mint circa AD 124-128</p><p><b>Obv:</b> HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS, head of Hadrian, laureate, right</p><p><b>Rev: </b>COS III, Neptune standing left, foot on prow, holding <span style="color: #336600"><b>acrostolium</b></span> and trident</p><p><b>Ref:</b> RIC II, Part 3 (second edition) <a href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.2_3(2).hdn.788" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.2_3(2).hdn.788" rel="nofollow">Hadrian 788</a></p><p><br /></p><p>And if I can stretch patience with this post with one more coin, here is a janiform head from Syracuse that might be a bit off the beaten path - to answer your call for something new:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1144428[/ATTACH] <b>Sicily, Syracuse</b>, Timoleon and the Third Democracy, 344-317 BC, AR 2 Litrai, struck circa 344-339/8 BC</p><p><b>Obv: </b>ΣYPAKOΣ-IΩN, <span style="color: #006600"><b>janiform female head</b></span>; to right, dolphin downward</p><p><b>Rev: </b>Horse prancing left; star above[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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