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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ed Snible, post: 2958915, member: 82322&quot;]Here is another &quot;inverted anchor&quot;:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]723971[/ATTACH] </p><p>Thrace, Apollonia Pontika 3.29g 13mm</p><p>Obv: Gorgoneion</p><p>Rev: Anchor, crayfish in left fluke, A in right fluke</p><p><br /></p><p>I read a theory that anchors are often stored on the side of ships in this position because the flukes are easy to attach to hooks that way.&nbsp; In modern times we expect to see an anchor with the heavy part down at the bottom of the water because we are more likely to see a drawing of how an anchor works than to see an actual anchor hanging around.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have Seleukid coins with an anchor symbol.&nbsp; The anchor is either inverted or on its side.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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