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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 2807704, member: 10461&quot;]Wow, [USER=73011]@Steve66[/USER]&nbsp; - that Haitian 2c is gorgeous!</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;<b>Fish</b>&quot; was more difficult for me than I had thought&nbsp; (and &quot;seashell&quot; was impossible - I&#039;ve had those Bahamian coins, and plenty with fish - but no pictures of &#039;em.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Hmm ... here we go ... the fish ain&#039;t too noticeable in this particular case, but it&#039;s there.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think I posted this coin earlier in this thread - with a &quot;mythical beasties&quot; or &quot;sea monsters&quot; theme?&nbsp; Eh, I&#039;m too lazy to go back and look, so here &#039;tis again:</p><p><br /></p><p><b><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Sicily, Akragas: silver hemidrachm, ca. 410-406 BC</font></font></b></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Obverse- eagle right, clutching dead hare in its talons, barley grain behind.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Reverse- Crab, with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cetus_(mythology)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cetus_(mythology)" rel="nofollow">ketos</a> below, swimming left with <b><span style="color: #ff0000">fish</span></b> in its jaws.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">16 mm, 1.8 g. SNG ANS 1012. Ex-Gitbud-Naumann, Germany, through VCoins store, 5/28/2014.</font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Sicily-Akragas-AR-hemidrachm-014588-lg.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Playing from this same coin, why don&#039;t we try &quot;<b>crustaceans</b>&quot; next.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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