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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 3585155, member: 56859&quot;]Hippocamps, one of my favorite mythological beasts! </p><p><br /></p><p><b><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/crepereiusdenarius-rt-jpg.551061/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></b></p><p><b><b><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/yeehah-giddyup-seahorsey.285894/#post-2558565" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/yeehah-giddyup-seahorsey.285894/#post-2558565">ROMAN REPUBLIC, Moneyer Q. Crepereius M.f. Rocus</a></b></b></p><p>69 BCE (revised from Crawford&#039;s 72 BCE)</p><p>AR serrate denarius; 3.99 gm</p><p>Obv: draped bust of Amphitrite seen from behind, with head turned r.; behind, sea anemone; horizontal I to right of right shoulder (only partly visible on this coin)</p><p>Rev: Neptune in biga of hippocamps right, holding reins and brandishing trident; above, I and below, Q·CREPER·M·F / ROCVS</p><p>Ref: Crawford 399/1b; Babelon Crepereia 1. Sydenham 796a. Rare.</p><p><i>from HJB BBS 200, October 2016</i></p><p><i>ex NAC 78 lot 1828, from the JD Collection of Roman Republican Coins</i></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/syracuse-dionysiusi-hippocamp-reshootrt-jpg.495475/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>SICILY, Syracuse. Dionysius I (400-345 BC)</b></p><p>Æ 20 mm, 8.23 gm</p><p>Struck c. 390 BCE</p><p>Obv: head of Athena left, wearing wreathed Corinthian helmet pushed back on head</p><p>Rev: hippocamp left</p><p>Ref: Calciati 35. SNG ANS 426</p><p><i>Formerly slabbed</i></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]957012[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>PHOENICIA, Byblos. Uzzibaal. 350-335 BCE</b></p><p><b>AR dishekel, 13.3 gm</b></p><p>Obv: Three hoplites with shields in war galley left, roaring lion&#039;s head on prow, waves below galley; hippocamp left below, with murex shell below it; Z O (N O?) in field</p><p>Rev: Phoenician inscription; lion attacking bull left</p><p>Ref: SNG Copenhagen 132, BMC 26.95, 4.</p><p>acquired August 2014</p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-a-coin-from-the-purple-people.250752/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-a-coin-from-the-purple-people.250752/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-a-coin-from-the-purple-people.250752/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/thessaly-larissakremaste-achilles-thetahippocamp-border-jpg.628806/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>THESSALY, Larissa Kremaste</b></p><p>4th century BCE</p><p>Æ Trichalkon; 16mm, 6.0 g</p><p>Obv: head of Achilles left</p><p>Rev: ΛΑΡΙ; Thetis, holding shield of Achilles with AX (=Achilles) monogram, seated left on hippocamp</p><p>Ref: BCD Thessaly I –; BCD Thessaly II 403.1; HGC 4, 13</p><p><i>Ex BCD Collection</i></p><p><i>Ex Hopper Collection (Sotheby’s, 9 March 1989), lot 519 (part)</i></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.cointalk.com%252Fproxy.php%253Fimage%253Dhttps%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.cointalk.com%25252Fproxy.php%25253Fimage%25253Dhttps%2525253A%2525252F%2525252Fwww.cointalk.com%2525252Fproxy.php%2525253Fimage%2525253Dhttps%252525253A%252525252F%252525252Fstatic.wixstatic.com%252525252Fmedia%252525252Fae43f8_61a36d205a14409b827d2aec9e29cfc0.jpg%252525252Fv1%252525252Ffill%252525252Fw_1000%252525252Ch_510%252525252Cal_c%252525252Cq_90%252525252Fae43f8_61a36d205a14409b827d2aec9e29cfc0.jpg%25252526hash%2525253D4e05fb18eb697a4cd90a57ad3fdcf5b7%252526hash%25253D9b604e820ba1f5fb33f4613a594a4a6a%2526hash%253Def229d2b1f97328be9bd81f41417c1c0%26hash%3D5b7b75cfd11949136e5fb331bde6a40f&amp;hash=c9be810f4954c83cb7f5555f1cfb7cd7" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Sicily, Syracuse. Second Democracy</b></p><p>c. 425 BCE</p><p>Æ tetras, 13 mm, 1.9 gm</p><p>Obv: Female head right (Arethusa?); XXX before; X behind</p><p>Rev: Hippocamp right, octopus below</p><p>Ref: CNS 30; SNG ANS 1382; rare</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_521be6e0b7434d70b8a97fbba63c30b8.jpg_srb_p_1000_506_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>PHOENICIA, Berytos</b></p><p>1st century BCE</p><p>Æ19.5, 5.9 gm</p><p>Obv: Turreted head of Tyche right</p><p>Rev: Poseidon standing left in quadriga drawn by four hippocamps Ref: SNG Copenhagen 83</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a drachm I hadn&#039;t shown before.&nbsp; No wonder I forgot about it... it&#039;s rather aesthetically challenged <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.&nbsp; At least it wasn&#039;t as expensive as some of the ex-Dattari corroded dregs <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]957019[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandrian.&nbsp; Trajan</b></p><p>RY 12 (108/9 CE)</p><p>Æ drachm, 33.5 mm, 22.25 gm</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; laureate bust right</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; Poseidon driving a biga of hippcamps right, raising arm and trident; waves below</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; Emmett 568.12 (R5); Dattari-Savio Pl. 49, 7156 (<i>this coin</i>); RPC 4318.2 (<i>this coin cited</i>)</p><p><i>Ex Dattari Collection (Giovanni Dattari, 1853-1923)</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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