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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2716196, member: 56859&quot;]Oh, yay!&nbsp; That&#039;s a fine pair of chariot-pulling goats you have there, Mikey!</p><p><br /></p><p>There are so many oddball transportation coins still on my shopping list.&nbsp; The Republican era was particular full of fanciful chariots.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hippocamp biga <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/crepereiusdenarius-rt-jpg.551061/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/yeehah-giddyup-seahorsey.285894/#post-2558565" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/yeehah-giddyup-seahorsey.285894/#post-2558565">ROMAN REPUBLIC, Moneyer Q. Crepereius M.f. Rocus</a></b></p><p>69 BCE (revised from Crawford&#039;s 72 BCE)</p><p>AR serrate denarius; 3.99 gm</p><p>Obv: draped bust of Amphitrite seen from behind, with head turned r.; behind, sea anemone; horizontal I to right of right shoulder (only partly visible on this coin)</p><p>Rev: Neptune in biga of hippocamps right, holding reins and brandishing trident; above, I and below, Q·CREPER·M·F / ROCVS</p><p>Ref: Crawford 399/1b; Babelon Crepereia 1. Sydenham 796a. Rare.</p><p><i>from HJB BBS 200, October 2016</i></p><p><i>ex NAC 78 lot 1828, from the JD Collection of Roman Republican Coins</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Centaur biga:</p><p><i><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/cottacentaurs-cr229-1b-rt-jpg.505480/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </i></p><p><b>ROMAN REPUBLIC, M. Aurelius Cotta</b></p><p>139 BCE</p><p>AR Denarius, 20 mm, ? gm (can&#039;t find my scale right at the moment <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />)</p><p>Obv: helmeted head of Roma right; X (mark of value) behind; COTA before; dotted border</p><p>Rev: Hercules carrying a club, driving biga of centaurs right; centaurs each carrying a branch; M·AVRELI (AVR is ligate); in exergue, ROMA; line border</p><p>Ref: Crawford 229/1b; Sydenham 429; Aurelia 16</p><p><i>formerly slabbed, NGC bulk submission holder, &quot;VF&quot;</i></p><p><br /></p><p>My Renius is a fourree mule:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fstatic.wixstatic.com%252Fmedia%252Fae43f8_8082b8ae176246d587794e21e2b76c71.jpg%252Fv1%252Ffit%252Fw_1644%252Ch_1028%252Cq_90%252Cusm_0.66_1.00_0.01%252Fae43f8_8082b8ae176246d587794e21e2b76c71.jpg%26hash%3D1322f33116d97e9c8a20f3e5f4936892&amp;hash=15d33cd03626d48cb030cd08f4c2daa5" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/mule-or-goat-both-gragulus-renius-fourée-denarius.270214/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/mule-or-goat-both-gragulus-renius-fourée-denarius.270214/">Roman Republic fourée mule denarius</a></b></p><p><b>L. Antestius Gragulus, 136 BCE, and C. Renius, 138 BCE</b></p><p>ancient forgery, 3.18 gm</p><p>Obv: Roma helmeted head right, * below chin, GRAG behind</p><p>Rev: Juno Caprotina in a biga of goats, C・RENI below, ROMA in exergue</p><p>Ref: Obverse S.115, Cr.238/1, Syd.451, RSC Antestia 9; Reverse S.108, Cr.231/1, Syd.432, RSc Renia 1</p><p><br /></p><p>Perhaps my favorite, a biga pulled by chubby cherubs:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/jc-cupidbigadenarius-reflection-jpg.458530/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Roman Republic</b></p><p><b>moneyer L. Julius L. f. Caesar, 103 BC</b></p><p>AR denarius, 17mm, 3.9 gm</p><p>Obv: Helmeted head of Mars left; CAESAR; ・C (retrograde)</p><p>Rev: Venus Genetrix in chariot left, drawn by two Cupids; lyre to left; ・C (retrograde) above</p><p>Ref: Crawford 320/1</p><p><i>ex RBW Collection</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.wixstatic.com%2Fmedia%2Fae43f8_b5fbd0e5495d42e28dcc81a3093e09ae.gif&amp;hash=1df0775587a2508113542d8b14eb0e1d" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>Apollo riding on a griffin, stylishly strumming his kithara:</p><p><i><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.wixstatic.com%2Fmedia%2Fae43f8_f76e3a591954457d9da4c80c34eaeefa%7Emv2.jpg&amp;hash=3cfcda10e1557d4a2dcd4f98000eecf4" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </i></p><p><b>TROAS, Alexandria. Trebonianus Gallus</b></p><p>CE 251-253</p><p>AE 21 mm, 4.76 gm</p><p>Obv: IMP VIB TREB GALVS AV; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right</p><p>Rev: COL AV / TROA; Apollo, head right and holding kithara, seated facing on griffin springing right, head left</p><p>Ref: RPC IX 407; Bellinger A403</p><p><br /></p><p>Asklepios catching a ride on a flying snake:</p><p><i><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.wixstatic.com%2Fmedia%2Fae43f8_b253f019eb874641b1f598c2e54655ec.jpg_srb_p_850_426_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb&amp;hash=1e6fc059737a3c2e6b57835f28839855" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </i></p><p><b>THRACE, Pautalia. Caracalla</b></p><p>CE 198-217</p><p>AE29, 16.4 gm</p><p>Obv: AYT K M AY CEY ANTΩNEINOC; Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right</p><p>Rev: OYΛΠIAC ΠAYTAΛIAC; Asklepios seated right on back of winged serpent</p><p>Ref: Varbanov 5007</p><p><br /></p><p>Hippocamp quadriga!&nbsp; Neato!</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.wixstatic.com%2Fmedia%2Fae43f8_521be6e0b7434d70b8a97fbba63c30b8.jpg_srb_p_1000_506_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb&amp;hash=bdb870476e9c21acad1da9d5e14ece38" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>PHOENICIA, Berytos</b></p><p>1st century BCE</p><p>Æ19.5, 5.9 gm</p><p>Obv: Turreted head of Tyche right</p><p>Rev: Poseidon standing left in quadriga drawn by four hippocamps Ref: SNG Copenhagen 83</p><p><br /></p><p>This one is hard to make out, but that&#039;s Triptolemos sitting on a wheelchair-ish biga drawn by serpents:</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/atticaeleusistriptolemosmed-jpg.361295/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>ATTICA, Athens. Eleusis mint</b></p><p>Eleusinian festival coinage</p><p>340-335 BC</p><p>AE16</p><p>Obv: Triptolemos, seated left in a winged chariot drawn by two snakes</p><p>Rev: Pig standing right on mystic staff, bucranium below</p><p>Ref: SNG Cop 415[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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