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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 4552464, member: 110350&quot;]Two of my favorite coins show dolphin riders:</p><p><br /></p><p>Roman Republic, L Lucretius Trio, AR Denarius, 76 BCE. Obv. Laureate head of Neptune right, XXXIII above and trident behind/ Rev. Cupid (or Infant Genius) on dolphin right; L LVCRETIVS TRIO. Crawford 390/2, Sydenham 784, RSC I Lucretia, Sear RCV I 322 (ill.), Harlan, RRM I Ch. 16 at pp. 98-103, BMCRR Rome 3247. 19 mm., 3.9 g.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1127167[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Tarentum, Calabria. AR Nomos (didrachm), ca. 302-280 BCE. Magistrates Sa.., Arethon and Cas-. Obv. Youth on horseback right, crowning horse with wreath; magistrates&#039; names: ΣA to left and AΡE/ΘΩN in two lines below/ Rev. TAΡAΣ, Phalanthos astride dolphin left, holding tripod, CAΣ below. Vlasto 666 [O.E. Ravel, <i>Descriptive Catalogue of the Collection of Tarentine Coins formed by M.P. Vlasto</i> (London, 1947, reprinted)]; HN Italy 957 [N.K. Rutter, ed., <i>Historia Numorum Italy</i> (London, 2001)]; SNG ANS 1046 [<i>Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, USA, The Collection of the American Numismatic Society,</i> <i>Part 1: Etruria - Calabria</i> (New York 1969)]. 23 mm., 7.86 g.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1127168[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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