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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2668368, member: 56859&quot;]I&#039;m gonna pile on with some thematically related coins <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></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_8e06bad0c82747db9f5c5e8530bbdfe7.jpg%252Fv1%252Ffill%252Fw_1000%252Ch_513%252Cal_c%252Cq_90%252Fae43f8_8e06bad0c82747db9f5c5e8530bbdfe7.jpg%26hash%3D871070f815c7594ea03303390af2db81&amp;hash=7c94cb538ef19b36d0dacbcb87d602b1" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>CALABRIA, Tarentum</p><p>325-280 BCE</p><p>AR litra, 11 mm, 0.56 gm</p><p>Obv: <b>scallop</b> shell</p><p>Rev: dolphin right, trident below (I think it might be a bunch of grapes)</p><p>Ref: Vlasto 1530 (if grapes rather than trident, Vlasto 1527)</p><p><i>freed from an NGC slab</i></p><p><br /></p><p>A favorite scallop recipe, <a href="http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/curried-scallops-with-cucumber-sauce-and-salmon-pearls-recipe" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/curried-scallops-with-cucumber-sauce-and-salmon-pearls-recipe" rel="nofollow">Wolfgang Puck&#039;s curried sea scallops with sesame cucumber aioli</a>.&nbsp; I haven&#039;t made it in a while or I&#039;d include a picture.&nbsp; The food of dreams <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/marcusaureliussestertius-temple-rt-jpg.459255/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Marcus Aurelius</b></p><p>Sestertius; 31 mm, 24 gm; struck AD 173, Rome mint</p><p>Obv: laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right</p><p>Rev: Mercury standing left on pedestal, holding <b>caduceus</b> and purse (it looks more like a patera to me); within temple with figural columns (telamones); on semicircular pediment, tortoise (unfortunately worn on this coin), cockerel, ram, <b>caduceus</b>, winged helmet, and purse; S-C across fields; RELIG AVG in exergue</p><p>Ref: RIC III 1074; MIR 18, 258-6/37; Banti 260</p><p>Zumbly&#039;s nice writeup of the type is <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/blame-it-on-the-rain-miracle.267122/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/blame-it-on-the-rain-miracle.267122/">here</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/philipii-hermanubis-tet-e3592-4c-r1-rt_edited-1-jpg.508256/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Philip II as Caesar</b></p><p>Regnal year 4 of Philip I, CE 246/7</p><p>billion tetradrachm, 22 mm, 12.8 gm</p><p>Obv: MIOVΦIΛIΠΠOCKCEB; cuirassed bust right, bare head</p><p>Rev: Hermanubis standing facing, head right, winged <b>caduceus</b> in right arm and palm branch in left hand; jackal (looking more like Disney&#039;s Pluto) left at feet; L-Δ</p><p>Ref: Emmett 3592.4(Caesar); Milne 3676; Dattari-Savio pl. 264, 5079</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i></i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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