Ancient => coins that can be found "on the sea" and/or "in the sea"

Nice => "7" pages in one day ... good effort fellas!!


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Byzantion, Thrace
AR Half Siglos
357-340BC
Heifer left on Dolphin
Mill Sail Incuse
Sear 1582

Yea, a King Salmon

Beautiful Fountain in person...

Trevi Fountain, Roma

 

Dolphin & Eagle

 

I've been wanting an octopus or two and got a couple last month. Good examples can get a bit expensive... this one was the right combination of good enough quality and reasonable price. Love the facing head!



Sicily, Syracuse
Dionysos I, struck c. 390 BC
Æ tetras, 14 mm, 1.8 gm
Obv: head of nymph facing slightly left, wearing necklace
Rev: octopus
Ref: CNS 29; SNG ANS 385.

 

Awesome octopus, TIF ... wow, congrats!!

Yes, I really like the ol' turned-head look as well (gorgeous coin) ...

I also have an octopus coin, but it is merely a side profile shot!! (it is not quite as top-drawer as your new sea-purchase)

Sicily, Syracuse: AR litra – Arethusa/Octopus
466-460 BC
Diameter: 13.1 mm
Weight: 0.67 grams
Obverse: Pearl-diademed head of Arethusa right; ΣVPA before
Reverse: Octopus

 

ooops ... apparently this is my old thread?!!

=> wow TIF, you were diggin' pretty deep in the ol' archives to find this baby!!




hmmm? ... I wonder where Ripley has gone to lately?

 

I really like the contrast between the lovely but pensive expression of the nymph and the decidedly malevolent looking octopus. And even more so because in your photo with the two sides next to each other the octopus seems to be creeping off flan toward the nymph.

 

Didn't see the need to start a new thread

Here's #2, with a hippocamp.

Had a heck of a time trying to take good pictures of it and still am not happy with them, so here's the seller's picture, with the background made black 'cause that's how I like it.



Sicily, Syracuse
Second Democracy, c. 425 BC
Æ tetras, 14 mm, 2.0 gm
Obv: female head right; XXX before
Rev: hippocamp right, octopus below
Ref: CNS 30; SNG ANS 1382. 1.92g, 13mm

That's a happy-looking hippocamp. I wanna ride!

 

Wow, TIF => a hippocamp and an octopus => sweet coin!!

Hmmm, I wonder which sea creature was considered more dangerous by the good ol' Greeks?

 

Mercury caught a salmon with his fancy fishing rod.

 

"Udderly" delightful, John!

 

I wanted to post a coin to represent what floats on top of the sea where I live, but just cannot find a coin with a turd on it?

 

Yup, that's a pretty face.

Fish, fish, hhhmmmmmm...

Nope, I got no fish, nope, nope, nope!