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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ancientnut, post: 2081040, member: 73212&quot;]I haven&#039;t started a thread for awhile, so here goes:</p><p><a href="http://grammarist.com/usage/octopi-octopuses/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://grammarist.com/usage/octopi-octopuses/" rel="nofollow">http://grammarist.com/usage/octopi-octopuses/</a></p><p>There are plenty of fish, crabs, prawns, and other marine animals on ancient coins. Here&#039;s my octopus and I&#039;ll bet he&#039;s not too happy about being dragged along like that:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://s95.photobucket.com/user/ancientnut/media/3Tarentum_zps0ca17cc3.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s95.photobucket.com/user/ancientnut/media/3Tarentum_zps0ca17cc3.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l155/ancientnut/3Tarentum_zps0ca17cc3.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p>Tarentum, Calabria, AR stater, c 425-415 BC, 21 mm, 8.09 g, 5h. OBV: Nude Phalanthos seated left on dolphin, right arm outstretched, holding an octopus in his left hand; scallop shell below / REV: Oecist (founder) seated left on diphros (stool), with himation (drapery) around his waist, balancing wool distaff or spindle [“a reference to the famous Tarentine textile industry”, Vlasto in work listed below*] on back of right hand and holding aryballos or lekythos [pottery jar for oil or ointment; overflowing?] suspended by a string from left wrist. *Vlasto, Michel P., Taras Oikistes, a contribution to Tarentine Numismatics, NNM 15, 1922, page 175, Type No. 59A; Vlasto 256; Fischer-Bossert 280j (this coin; 10 specimens total from one obverse and three reverse dies); SNG ANS 860; Historia Numorum Italy III 844.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Ex: Leu LHS Numismatik, Zurich, Auction 100, April 23, 2007, Lot 39.</i></p><p><i>Ex: Dr. Athos D. Moretti Collection.</i></p><p><i>Ex: Dr. Roland Maly Collection, Hess-Leu 19, April 12, 1962.</i></p><p><i>Ex: Bank Leu, fixed price list, 1960, 49.</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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