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<p>[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 5434382, member: 110350"]I don't have much in the way of ancient coins showing galleys or other boats, but here's one:</p><p><br /></p><p>Roman Republic, C. Fonteius, AR Denarius, 114-113 BCE. Obv. Laureate, Janiform head of the Dioscuri, control mark N under left chin [<i>mark of value * (= 16) under right chin is worn off</i>], one dot beneath head / Rev. Galley left with three rowers, <i>gubernator </i>(pilot) at stern, rudder beneath stern, apotropaic eye on side, three-pronged ram with wolf’s head above extending from prow, banners/streamers extending from stern, C • FONT above (N and T in monogram), ROMA below. Crawford 290/1, RSC I Fonteia 1 (ill.), Sear RCV I 167 (ill.), Sydenham 555. 20 mm., 3.90 g. <i>Ex: Auctiones GmbH, eAuction 67, Lot 55, 15 March 2020; Ex: CNG Auction May 2012, Lot 293; Ex: Bruce R. Brace Collection.</i>*</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1236271[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>* According to H.A. Seaby in RSC I (at p. 48), the Janiform head on the obverse relates to the origins of the Fonteia <i>gens</i> -- which claimed as its founder Fons or Fontus, supposedly the son of Janus -- and the galley on the reverse relates to the naval exploits of the moneyer’s ancestor P. Fonteius Capito, who was praetor in Sardinia in 169 BCE. Crawford disagrees. (See Vol. I at p. 305.) He states that there is no good evidence for the existence of Fontus, and that the Janiform head should instead be regarded as that of the Dioscuri, because the <i>gens</i> Fonteia came from Tusculum, the chief cult-center of the Dioscuri in Latium. Crawford also states that the reverse is “doubtless” an allusion to the transmarine origin of Telegonus (the son of Ulysses and Circe), who was the legendary founder of Tusculum. Sear agrees with Crawford.</p><p><br /></p><p>And I'm pretty sure the reverse image on this recent acquisition counts as a boat as well:</p><p><br /></p><p>Antoninus Pius Billon Tetradrachm, Year 17 (153-154 AD), Alexandria, Egypt Mint. Obv. Laureate bust right, traces of drapery right, ANTѠNINO - CϹ - ƐΒ ƐVϹƐΒ (<strike>counterclockwise from upper right</strike> beginning at 2:00)/ Rev. Isis Pharia standing right on prow, holding billowing sail [<i>and sistrum (worn off)</i>] with right arm extended, LI - Z [= Year 17] across fields [Z at top of right field]. Emmett 1403.17, Milne 2207, Dattari (Savio) 2261, Köln (Geissen) 1693, RPC IV.4 Online, 13783 (temporary) (see <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/13783" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/13783" rel="nofollow">https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/13783</a>) [same as RPC IV.4 Online, 14301 (temporary) (see <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/14301" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/14301" rel="nofollow">https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/14301</a>)?]. 22.85 mm., 8.46 g.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1236272[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>(I can't see any material difference between the photos of the two RPC entries I cited -- especially taking into account the additional specimens listed for each -- so I included both. If anyone can see a difference sufficient to assign different numbers, please let me know.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 5434382, member: 110350"]I don't have much in the way of ancient coins showing galleys or other boats, but here's one: Roman Republic, C. Fonteius, AR Denarius, 114-113 BCE. Obv. Laureate, Janiform head of the Dioscuri, control mark N under left chin [[I]mark of value * (= 16) under right chin is worn off[/I]], one dot beneath head / Rev. Galley left with three rowers, [I]gubernator [/I](pilot) at stern, rudder beneath stern, apotropaic eye on side, three-pronged ram with wolf’s head above extending from prow, banners/streamers extending from stern, C • FONT above (N and T in monogram), ROMA below. Crawford 290/1, RSC I Fonteia 1 (ill.), Sear RCV I 167 (ill.), Sydenham 555. 20 mm., 3.90 g. [I]Ex: Auctiones GmbH, eAuction 67, Lot 55, 15 March 2020; Ex: CNG Auction May 2012, Lot 293; Ex: Bruce R. Brace Collection.[/I]* [ATTACH=full]1236271[/ATTACH] * According to H.A. Seaby in RSC I (at p. 48), the Janiform head on the obverse relates to the origins of the Fonteia [I]gens[/I] -- which claimed as its founder Fons or Fontus, supposedly the son of Janus -- and the galley on the reverse relates to the naval exploits of the moneyer’s ancestor P. Fonteius Capito, who was praetor in Sardinia in 169 BCE. Crawford disagrees. (See Vol. I at p. 305.) He states that there is no good evidence for the existence of Fontus, and that the Janiform head should instead be regarded as that of the Dioscuri, because the [I]gens[/I] Fonteia came from Tusculum, the chief cult-center of the Dioscuri in Latium. Crawford also states that the reverse is “doubtless” an allusion to the transmarine origin of Telegonus (the son of Ulysses and Circe), who was the legendary founder of Tusculum. Sear agrees with Crawford. And I'm pretty sure the reverse image on this recent acquisition counts as a boat as well: Antoninus Pius Billon Tetradrachm, Year 17 (153-154 AD), Alexandria, Egypt Mint. Obv. Laureate bust right, traces of drapery right, ANTѠNINO - CϹ - ƐΒ ƐVϹƐΒ ([S]counterclockwise from upper right[/S] beginning at 2:00)/ Rev. Isis Pharia standing right on prow, holding billowing sail [[I]and sistrum (worn off)[/I]] with right arm extended, LI - Z [= Year 17] across fields [Z at top of right field]. Emmett 1403.17, Milne 2207, Dattari (Savio) 2261, Köln (Geissen) 1693, RPC IV.4 Online, 13783 (temporary) (see [URL]https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/13783[/URL]) [same as RPC IV.4 Online, 14301 (temporary) (see [URL]https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/14301[/URL])?]. 22.85 mm., 8.46 g. [ATTACH=full]1236272[/ATTACH] (I can't see any material difference between the photos of the two RPC entries I cited -- especially taking into account the additional specimens listed for each -- so I included both. If anyone can see a difference sufficient to assign different numbers, please let me know.)[/QUOTE]
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