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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Choucas, post: 7641336, member: 100117&quot;]There&#039;s a fantastic mosaic work in the Sousse museum that includes a great depiction Neptun on his biga. The main mosaic is supposedly from the 2nd or 3rd century, but the one below is apparently from the mid 3rd century, Gallienus times so. Look at the hippocamps and how similarly their are depicted on Gallienus coinage.</p><p>More about the main mosaic : <a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosa%C3%AFque_du_triomphe_de_Neptune_de_la_maison_de_Sorothus" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosa%C3%AFque_du_triomphe_de_Neptune_de_la_maison_de_Sorothus" rel="nofollow">https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosaïque_du_triomphe_de_Neptune_de_la_maison_de_Sorothus</a> (no english page)</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Sousse_neptune.jpg/565px-Sousse_neptune.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1313980[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Mine has a weak obverse and the reverse legend is half gone but that hippocamp was too nice and I decided to let my second specimen go, despite the nicer (and scarcer cuirassed) bust and the better reverse legend.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1313981[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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