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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 8236932, member: 56859&quot;]Thanks for the tag, [USER=91461]@Ryro[/USER] <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.&nbsp; Love the new coin!</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m fond of the type and also love anything with hippocamps and related themes.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/crepereiusdenarius-rt-jpg.551061/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>ROMAN REPUBLIC</b></p><p><b>Moneyer Q. Crepereius M.f. Rocus</b></p><p>69 BCE (revised from Crawford&#039;s 72 BCE)</p><p>AR serrate denarius; 3.99 gm</p><p>Obv: draped bust of Amphitrite seen from behind, with head turned r.; behind, sea anemone; horizontal I to right of right shoulder (only partly visible on this coin)</p><p>Rev: Neptune in biga of hippocamps right, holding reins and brandishing trident; above, I and below, Q·CREPER·M·F / ROCVS</p><p>Ref: Crawford 399/1b; Babelon Crepereia 1. Sydenham 796a. Rare.</p><p><i>from HJB BBS 200, October 2016</i></p><p><i>ex NAC 78 lot 1828, from the JD Collection of Roman Republican Coins</i></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><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/thessaly-larissakremaste-achilles-thetahippocamp-border-jpg.628806/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>THESSALY, Larissa Kremaste</b></p><p>4th century BCE</p><p>Æ Trichalkon; 16mm, 6.0 g</p><p>Obv: head of Achilles left</p><p>Rev: ΛΑΡΙ; Thetis, holding shield of Achilles with AX (=Achilles) monogram, seated left on hippocamp</p><p>Ref: BCD Thessaly I –; BCD Thessaly II 403.1; HGC 4, 13</p><p><i>Ex BCD Collection</i></p><p><i>Ex Hopper Collection (Sotheby’s, 9 March 1989), lot 519 (part)</i></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>So</b> envious!![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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