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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 4207003, member: 110350&quot;]I have two dolphin-rider coins, one from Tarentum and one Roman Republican coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>First: Tarentum, Calabria. AR Nomos (didrachm), ca. 302-280 BCE. Magistrates Sa.., Arethon and Cas-. Obv. Youth on horseback right, crowning horse with wreath; magistrates&#039; names: ΣA to left and AΡE/ΘΩN in two lines below/ Rev. TAΡAΣ, Phalanthos astride dolphin left, holding tripod, CAΣ below. Vlasto 666; Rutter, HN Italy 957; SNG ANS 1046. 23 mm., 7.86 g.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1078460[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Second: Roman Republic, L Lucretius Trio, 76 BCE, AR Denarius. Obv. Laureate head of Neptune right, XXXIII above and trident behind/ Rev. Cupid (or Infant Genius) on dolphin right; L LVCRETIVS TRIO. Crawford 390/2, Sydenham 784, RSC I Lucretia. 19 mm., 3.9 g.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1078461[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>(Both are the sellers&#039; images.)</p><p><br /></p><p>There&#039;s something about the combination of the boy&#039;s joyful expression and body language on this coin, and the grumpy expression on the dolphin&#039;s face, that really appealed to me.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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