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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 8236431, member: 57495&quot;]Beautiful!&nbsp; Congrats on the score.&nbsp; One of my favorite RR types and I especially like how well-centered it is for the issue.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1449038[/ATTACH]<b>ROMAN REPUBLIC</b></p><p>AR Denarius. 3.69g, 18mm. Rome, 72 BC. Crawford 399/1b.&nbsp; O: Bust of Amphitrite or Venus right, seen from behind; octopus behind and E before. R: Neptune in biga of sea-horses, brandishing trident, [E?] above, Q. CREPER. M. F. ROCVS in two lines below. </p><p><i>Ex Andrew McCabe Collection</i></p><p><br /></p><p>The Thessalian bronze below has on the reverse Amphitrite&#039;s sister, Thetis,&nbsp; mother of the hero Achilles.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1449040[/ATTACH]<b>THESSALY, Larissa-Kremaste</b></p><p>AE Trichalkon. 5.38g, 19mm. THESSALY, Larissa Kremaste, 3rd century BC. Rogers 315; Lindgren II 1401 (<i>this coin</i>); BCD Thessaly II 403.1; HGC 4, 13. O: Head of Achilles left. R: ΛΑΡΙ, Thetis seated left on hippocamp, holding shield of Achilles with AX monogram. </p><p><i>Ex BCD Collection; ex Henry Clay Lindgren Collection</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Depending on which legend is being followed, the one below has either Amphitrite&#039;s father or grandfather, Oceanus.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1449041[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>HADRIAN</b></p><p>AR Denarius. 2.98g, 19.1mm. Rome mint, AD 121-123. RIC II.3 520. O: IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG, laureate bust right. R: P M TR P COS III, Oceanus reclining left on a dolphin, crab claw horns on his head, holding an anchor in his right hand.<i></i></p><p><i>Ex E.E. Clain-Stefanelli Collection</i></p><p><br /></p><p>And here&#039;s a random sea beastie, an Ichthyocentaur: </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1449053[/ATTACH]<b>PLAUTILLA</b></p><p>AE Assarion. 3.68g, 19.4mm. BITHYNIA, Nicomedia, circa AD 202-205. RG 253 (same obv. die); Lindgren &amp; Kovacs 172 (same obv. die). O: ΦOY ΠΛAYTIΛΛA CEBA-CTH, draped bust right. R: NIKOMHΔEΩN - ΔIC NEΩKO/PΩN (second neocorate), (Female?) Ichthyocentaur, diademed, nude, with forefeet of horse and serpentine fishtail, riding left over waves, holding rudder over left shoulder and in extended right hand unknown object (dolphin? conch shell?).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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