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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsman, post: 3578805, member: 99177&quot;]It&#039;s a beautiful day in The Netherlands and I am going sailing in about an hour so it&#039;s appropriate to show my new coin with boat <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Another one on my wish list for quite some time. It&#039;s a Fonteius coin. Love the Janus head and the galley. Wonderful type !</p><p><br /></p><p>Some interesting information about this family is available on Wikipedia</p><p>(abbreviated):</p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>&quot;The gens Fonteia was a plebeian family at Rome. Members of this gens are first mentioned toward the end of the third century BC. </i></p><p><i>Cicero mentions that the Fonteii came originally from Tusculum. It was one of the most distinguished families. The Fonteii claimed descent from Fontus, the son of Janus. A two-faced head appears on a coin of Gaius Fonteius which supposed to be the head of Janus, in reference to this tradition. But as Janus is always represented in later times with a beard, others say that the two heads refer to the Dioscuri, who were worshipped at Tusculum with especial honours.&quot;</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>Please show me your boat<i> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>[ATTACH=full]954619[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>C Fonteius denarius. </p><p>114-113 BC. </p><p>3.71g, 19mm</p><p>Obv. Janiform head of the Dioscuri, control letter left, * right </p><p>Rev. C FONT, galley with pilot and three oarsman, ROMA in ex. </p><p>Cr290/1, Syd 555. </p><p><br /></p><p>The galley is a reference to Telegonus, son of Ulysses and founder of Tusculum.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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