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<p>[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 4540611, member: 75937"]I purchased this one on eBay last night because I'd never seen anything like it. H/T to [USER=90248]@Spaniard[/USER] for informing me about it.</p><p><br /></p><p>The inscription is unclear and I'm not even sure whether it's in Greek or Latin. I am sure it's Faustina II. It's 22 mm and weighs 5.83 g. An old collector's tag attributes it to Poroselene, but I'm not so sure that's correct.</p><p><br /></p><p>It features a youth (Taras? Cupid? Melicertes?) riding a dolphin, swimming left, reminiscent of the silver coins of Taras.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1124067[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>There is a coin of Poroselene with a youth riding dolphin reverse, <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/10503" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/10503" rel="nofollow">RPC IV.2 10103</a>, but the dolphin is swimming right and the style is very different.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1124068[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Moreover, the reverse inscription on that coin reads ΠΟΡΟϹƐΛΗΝƐΙΤΩΝ, and I don't think that's compatible with the few letters on the reverse of my coin. I <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/search/browse?q=Poroselene" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/search/browse?q=Poroselene" rel="nofollow">tried searching for "Poroselene"</a> at RPC to see if the reverse appeared on other coins of this city, but to no avail.</p><p><br /></p><p>I know that Corinth issued a number of coins with dolphins, including a few depicting Melicertes riding a dolphin, but an <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/search/browse?q=corinth+dolphin" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/search/browse?q=corinth+dolphin" rel="nofollow">RPC search for "Corinth Dolphin"</a> yields nothing similar, nor does a <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/search/browse?q=Faustina+Dolphin" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/search/browse?q=Faustina+Dolphin" rel="nofollow">search for "Faustina Dolphin."</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I need help with this one. Thanks in advance![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 4540611, member: 75937"]I purchased this one on eBay last night because I'd never seen anything like it. H/T to [USER=90248]@Spaniard[/USER] for informing me about it. The inscription is unclear and I'm not even sure whether it's in Greek or Latin. I am sure it's Faustina II. It's 22 mm and weighs 5.83 g. An old collector's tag attributes it to Poroselene, but I'm not so sure that's correct. It features a youth (Taras? Cupid? Melicertes?) riding a dolphin, swimming left, reminiscent of the silver coins of Taras. [ATTACH=full]1124067[/ATTACH] There is a coin of Poroselene with a youth riding dolphin reverse, [URL='https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/10503']RPC IV.2 10103[/URL], but the dolphin is swimming right and the style is very different. [ATTACH=full]1124068[/ATTACH] Moreover, the reverse inscription on that coin reads ΠΟΡΟϹƐΛΗΝƐΙΤΩΝ, and I don't think that's compatible with the few letters on the reverse of my coin. I [URL='https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/search/browse?q=Poroselene']tried searching for "Poroselene"[/URL] at RPC to see if the reverse appeared on other coins of this city, but to no avail. I know that Corinth issued a number of coins with dolphins, including a few depicting Melicertes riding a dolphin, but an [URL='https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/search/browse?q=corinth+dolphin']RPC search for "Corinth Dolphin"[/URL] yields nothing similar, nor does a [URL='https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/search/browse?q=Faustina+Dolphin']search for "Faustina Dolphin."[/URL] I need help with this one. Thanks in advance![/QUOTE]
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