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1993, 300 Anniversary of the Russian Navy, “The Providens of God”, the first combatant liner of Russian Construction.On the other side is the symbol (the cross) of the Order of the St. Apostle Andrew. Proof, German Silver (nickle).

 

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Good luck, @hotwheelsearl. Wishing you all the best with your upcoming career. The Dolphin Corps are cool!

Southern Apulia, Tarentum, c. 272-240 BC.
AR Nomos (19mm, 6.32g, 9h)
Obv: Warrior on horseback riding r., holding spear.
Rev: Taras astride dolphin l., holding kantharos and distaff ; ΔI and oinochoe behind.
Vlasto 904-6; HNItaly 1040.

 

@hotwheelsearl …good luck at OCS. Remember you have a unique opportunity so strive to do your best in everything you encounter. When you graduate, you will be a different person…better, but there are some doors you go through that irreversibly change your life. This is one of them. In advance, thank you for your service and your sacrifice. Remember who you are and your purpose.

Good luck in your endeavor…Spark

 

I joined the Air Force in 1961 and spent 4 years on a US Navy Ammunition Depot. All services need all services. Keep in touch,

 

Congratulations and the best of luck to you, @hotwheelsearl! No Internet access for 9 weeks? Wow. I think I understand the reasons, but are you old enough even to remember a time before the Internet? Can you at least bring along a coin or two to keep you company?

Here are a few at least vaguely nautically-themed coins for you (with footnotes omitted):

Thrace, Apollonia Pontika [now Sozopol, Bulgaria], AR Drachm, ca. 450-500 BCE. Obv. Upright anchor with large flukes and curved stock; “A” [for Apollonia] to left and crayfish to right between flukes and stock / Rev. Facing gorgoneion (Medusa), wavy hair parted in middle, 16 thin, open-mouthed snakes around head as additional hair or crown, puffy cheeks, mouth open, tongue protruding (but not extending below chin), all within shallow incuse. Goldsborough Type 3 [Goldsborough, Reid, Apollonia Pontika Drachms (see https://web.archive.org/web/20141115000124/http://medusacoins.reidgold.com/apollonia.html), Catalogue of Types]; Seaby GCV 1655 var. (crayfish to left, A to right) [Sear, David, Greek Coins and their Values, Vol. 1: Europe (Seaby 1978); Topalov 41-42 [Topalov, Stavri, Apollonia Pontika: Contribution to the Study of the Coin Minting of the City 6th - 1st c. B.C., Catalogue of Apollonia Coins, 7th-1st c. B.C. (Sofia, 2007) (English Translation, Kindle edition)]; BMC 15 Mysia 8-10 [Wroth, Warwick, A Catalog of the Greek Coins in the British Museum, Vol. 15, Mysia (London, 1892) at pp. 8-9]; SNG.BM.159; see also id. Nos. 154-158 [Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Great Britain, Volume IX, British Museum, Part 1: The Black Sea (London, 1993)] [online ID SNGuk_0901_0159 ]. 14 mm., 2.96 g., 3 h.



Tarentum, Calabria. AR Nomos (didrachm), ca. 302-280 BCE. Magistrates Sa.., Arethon and Cas-. Obv. Youth on horseback right, crowning horse with wreath; magistrates' names: ΣA to left and AΡE/ΘΩN in two lines below/ Rev. TAΡAΣ, Phalanthos astride dolphin left, holding tripod, CAΣ below. Vlasto 666 [Ravel, O.E., Descriptive Catalogue of the Collection of Tarentine Coins formed by M.P. Vlasto (London, 1947, reprinted)]; HN Italy 957 [Rutter, N.K., ed., Historia Numorum Italy (London, 2001)]; SNG ANS 1046 [Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, USA, The Collection of the American Numismatic Society, Part 1: Etruria - Calabria (New York 1969)]. 23 mm., 7.86 g.



Roman Republic, C. Fonteius, AR Denarius, 114-113 BCE. Obv. Laureate, Janiform head of the Dioscuri, control mark N under left chin [mark of value * (= 16) under right chin is worn off], one dot beneath head / Rev. Galley left with three rowers, gubernator (pilot) at stern, rudder beneath stern, apotropaic eye on side, three-pronged ram with wolf’s head above extending from prow, banners/streamers extending from stern, C • FONT above (N and T in monogram), ROMA below. Crawford 290/1, RSC I Fonteia 1 (ill.), Sear RCV I 167 (ill.), Sydenham 555. 20 mm., 3.90 g. Ex: Auctiones GmbH, eAuction 67, Lot 55, 15 March 2020; Ex: CNG Auction May 2012, Lot 293; Ex: Bruce R. Brace Collection.



Roman Republic, L Lucretius Trio, AR Denarius, 76 BCE. Obv. Laureate head of Neptune right, XXXIII above and trident behind/ Rev. Cupid (or Infant Genius) on dolphin right; L LVCRETIVS TRIO. Crawford 390/2, Sydenham 784, RSC I Lucretia 3, Sear RCV I 322 (ill.), Harlan, RRM I Ch. 16 at pp. 98, 100-103 [Michael Harlan, Roman Republican Moneyers and their Coins, 81 BCE-64 BCE (Vol. I) (2012)], BMCRR Rome 3247. 19 mm., 3.9 g.



Agrippa (d. 12 BCE), AE As, Memorial issue struck by Caligula, 37-41 AD, Rome Mint. Obv. Head of Agrippa left, wearing rostral crown, M AGRIPPA L - F COS III / Rev. Neptune standing left, holding trident in left hand; dolphin resting left on his right forearm; S - C on either side of Neptune. RIC I Caligula [Gaius] 58, Sear RCV I 1812, Cohen Agrippa 3. 31 mm., 11.0 g.



Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus, AR Denarius [Restored Issue of Mark Antony Legionary Denarius Leg. VI, probably issued for 200th anniversary of Battle of Actium], 168-169 AD, Rome Mint. Obv. Praetorian galley moving left over waves with four crew members, ANTONIVS AVGVR around from 8 o’clock, IIIVIR R P C across below galley / Rev. Legionary eagle (aquila) facing left between two standards, ANTONINVS ET VERVS AVG REST [ = Restituit] around from 8 o’clock, LEG - VI across lower field. RIC III M. Aurelius 443 (at p. 248), RSC I Mark Antony 83 (ill. at p. 127), Sear RCV II 5236 (ill. at p. 341), BMCRE 500. 19 mm., 2.86 g.

 

God bless you in your career! My poor example is not much, but it is a porpoise from Olbia, cast in bronze, leaping above the waves.

 

Travel well, travel safe.

 

Wishing you best of luck on your endavours. May you steer clear of Scylla and may Neptune protect you on your travels.

 

Thank you for you service commitment - anchors aweigh!

 

Good luck, my friend. Stay safe, keep your head above water. We’ll look for you on the other side of training.

Steve

 

Great going. Just remember nothing crapy will last forever it will end. I wish you big success.

 

....right..i'm wid ya on dat bro.......

 

Best wishes for a wonderful new career!

 

No coin, but best wishes!!!

 

Thanks, everybody, for sharing your coins and sharing your stories! I appreciate the showers of goodwill, you all are the best

 

I don’t have any nautical themed coins, but best of luck to you!

 

If I can get one more in under the wire, in time for you to see it, here's perhaps my favorite depiction of a ship, even though it's not on an ancient coin:

Great Britain 1815 (struck 1820), Surrender of Napoleon. Obv. Bust of Napoleon right, uniformed; NAPOLEON BONAPARTE; signature below / Rev. British man of war Bellerophon, in full sail, with Imperial Eagle on flag staff; Napoleon stands on quarterdeck with right hand inside coat; another ship beyond; SURRENDERED TO H.B.M.S. BELLEROPHON CAPT. MAITLAND. Exergue: XV JULY. MDCCCXV; signatures below. By T. Webb/N.G.A Brenet. AR 41 mm., 38.8 g. Eimer 1078, Mudie 37, BHM 884, Bramsen 1691. Ex. Spink Auction 136, Oct. 7, 1999, Lot 992.






I imagine that ships have changed a bit since then, and you won't have to learn things like the names and functions of every single rope and sail!

 

I was an Army Medic for nine years 1973-1982 so we are brothers in Arms. Good luck to you sir <salute>. Just be careful and come back safely. Here are the only Navy type coins I have.

 

Here is to your successful navy training and safe return, @hotwheelsearl !

These are some of my nautical-themed coins.

 

Thanks for your service and good luck! Your additions and posts will be missed in the interim.
Some nautical themed RRs: