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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Carthago, post: 2422635, member: 76111&quot;]The first time I ever looked through the Cahn Hess Haeberlin Collection catalogue from 1933, I noticed this exact coin and fell in love with it.&nbsp; Ever since, it has seemed to jump out at me when I&#039;m on the particular page.&nbsp; I just love the star fish! As the fates would have it, it somehow came up for sale recently buried away all by itself in an auction nobody noticed...except for me!&nbsp; I recognized the coin for what it was, coming from one of the greatest Roman Republican collections ever assembled and a charming example that is poorly served by my iPhone picture.&nbsp; I&#039;m sure they exist, but I&#039;ve never seen another star fish example in my travels and this one is superior to the one in the British Museum.</p><p><br /></p><p>The issue of Roscius Fabatus has a 240 different symbol combinations and I think it is a fascinating issue with it&#039;s variety and creativity.&nbsp; Mine is , obviously, a star fish (or is it sea star?) on the obverse but the reverse is not so obvious IMO.&nbsp; Haeberlin lists it as a water turtle, and so does Banti but it&#039;s one heck of a poorly drawn turtle if that&#039;s the case.&nbsp; There are only 2 of these that I have ever seen which are mine and the one in the British Museum, and that one isn&#039;t any help with the reverse symbol as mine is much better.&nbsp;&nbsp; The body of the shape is somewhat concave and it has 5 thin &quot;legs&quot; with varying attachments on them.&nbsp;&nbsp; All of the symbols used by Fabatus were related, so it has to be some sort of sea creature and my guess is a jellyfish as seen from above looking down on it, like you would if you were at the beach.&nbsp; It&#039;s the same perspective as the star fish.&nbsp; I&#039;m pretty certain it&#039;s not a turtle unless it&#039;s one that was run over by a chariot!</p><p><br /></p><p>What do you all think?&nbsp; Feel free to post any ideas on the reverse and related issues.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; [ATTACH=full]502248[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Haeberlin 1933</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]502249[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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