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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2459352, member: 56859&quot;]What a fantastic coin, Z! I see us all adding Oceanus to our Find &amp; Buy lists now.&nbsp; Drat, more competition.</p><p><br /></p><p>Wonderful coin, great writeup <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.&nbsp; However, rather than crab claws, it looks Oceanus is wearing a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Johnston" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Johnston" rel="nofollow">Jeremiah The Innocent</a> headdress.&nbsp; Jeremiah is revered in Austin Texas, so from a geographic standpoint this theory may not fit your coin <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://austinot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/2940336184_822809906e_z.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I have no coins with Oceanus <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>This looks like a great opportunity to show my Brutium quartuncia again though, so thanks for that!&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.wixstatic.com%2Fmedia%2Fae43f8_ab60fd00616e4a02a0a6a1c59cb8ae34.jpg%2Fv1%2Ffill%2Fw_1000%2Ch_625%2Cal_c%2Cq_90%2Fae43f8_ab60fd00616e4a02a0a6a1c59cb8ae34.jpg&amp;hash=b9031ced763ca5900fddd5e05c96b830" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-bronze-of-the-brettii-poseidons-wife.274722/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-bronze-of-the-brettii-poseidons-wife.274722/">BRUTTIUM, the Brettii</a></b></p><p>216-214 BCE</p><p>Æ quartuncia, 13.5mm, 2.06 g</p><p>Obv: head of Amphitrite left, wearing crab headdress</p><p>Rev: crab; torch above, BPET-TIΩN above and below</p><p>Ref: Pfeiler p. 33, 4a; Scheu, Bronze 51; HN Italy 1944; SNG ANS 123–4; SNG Lloyd –; McClean 1579</p><p><br /></p><p>I haven&#039;t shown this one in a while:</p><p><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_aa8f475d6a1f49019b1ed222fe03def2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1000,h_497,al_c,q_90/ae43f8_aa8f475d6a1f49019b1ed222fe03def2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>KINGS of MACEDON.&nbsp; Antigonos III Doson, 229-221 BCE</b></p><p>struck 227-225 BCE, Amphipolis mint?</p><p>AR tetradrachm, 32 mm, 17.1 gm</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; wreathed head of Poseidon right</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; Apollo seated left on prow left, holding bow; monogram below.</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; Panagopoulou 50–3 var. (unlisted dies); EHC 436; Touratsoglou 52–3; SNG Saroglos 933; SNG Alpha Bank 1046; SNG Ashmolean 3266</p><p><br /></p><p>And although not high grade, I love this coin and its hippocamp quadriga <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/phoeniciaberytostychehippocampquadriga-jpg.361205/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>PHOENICIA, Berytos </b></p><p><b>1st century BCE</b></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</p><p>Ref: SNG Copenhagen 83[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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