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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 2646349, member: 10461&quot;]Ooh, I love the ship on that one! </p><p><br /></p><p>Has more sail area than I&#039;m used to seeing displayed on depictions of ancient galleys.&nbsp; In fact, that ship looks almost medieval.&nbsp; I&#039;m more accustomed to seeing the ships on Roman coins with their oars out and the sails furled- or with the masts stepped down or even seemingly absent, as on the <a href="http://penelope.uchicago.edu/~grout/encyclopaedia_romana/miscellanea/numismatics/antony.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://penelope.uchicago.edu/~grout/encyclopaedia_romana/miscellanea/numismatics/antony.html" rel="nofollow">Marc Antony Legionary denarii</a>.&nbsp; (Until this thread got me to thinking about it, I was unfamiliar with this <a href="http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=85108" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=85108" rel="nofollow">Sextus Pompey type</a>.&nbsp; Wow.)</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve always thought ships are one of the better numismatic themes, but had not fully considered the variety of them on ancient coins.&nbsp; Now I suppose I&#039;ll have to go browse the Greek ones...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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