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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 3046510, member: 56859&quot;]This should be a fun pile-on thread <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><i>EDITED, sort of:&nbsp; I didn&#039;t see that you specified <b>horse</b> biga <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie10" alt=":oops:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.&nbsp; Hmm.&nbsp; Well hippocamps are sea horses and centaurs are part horse.&nbsp; The cupids, well... I&#039;m going to leave them in anyway <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</i></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Hippocamp biga:</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/crepereiusdenarius-rt-jpg.551061/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/yeehah-giddyup-seahorsey.285894/#post-2558565" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/yeehah-giddyup-seahorsey.285894/#post-2558565">ROMAN REPUBLIC, Moneyer Q. Crepereius M.f. Rocus</a></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><b>Centaur biga:</b></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/domitiancentaurbigadrachm-rt-jpg.722323/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>EGYPT, Alexandria. Domitian</p><p>RY 14 (CE 94/5)</p><p>Æ drachm, 36 mm, 25.42 gm</p><p>Obv: Laureate head right</p><p>Rev: The Emperor driving biga of centaurs right., raising hand and holding scepter and reins; in exergue, L IΔ</p><p>Ref: Dattari-Savio Pl. 17, 453 (<i>this coin</i>); Geissen 406 (this coin cited); RPC 2704 (this coin cited)</p><p><i>ex Dattari collection (Giovanni Dattari, 1858-1923)</i></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/cottacentaurs-cr229-1b-rt-jpg.505480/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>ROMAN REPUBLIC, M. Aurelius Cotta</b></p><p>139 BCE</p><p>AR Denarius, 20 mm, ? gm (can&#039;t find my scale right at the moment <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />)</p><p>Obv: helmeted head of Roma right; X (mark of value) behind; COTA before; dotted border</p><p>Rev: Hercules carrying a club, driving biga of centaurs right; centaurs each carrying a branch; M·AVRELI (AVR is ligate); in exergue, ROMA; line border</p><p>Ref: Crawford 229/1b; Sydenham 429; Aurelia 16</p><p><i>formerly slabbed, NGC bulk submission holder, &quot;VF&quot;</i></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Cupid biga</b> (one of my favorite coins):</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/jc-cupidbigadenarius-reflection-jpg.458530/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Roman Republic</b></p><p><b>moneyer L. Julius L. f. Caesar, 103 BC</b></p><p>AR denarius, 17mm, 3.9 gm</p><p>Obv: Helmeted head of Mars left; CAESAR; ・C (retrograde)</p><p>Rev: Venus Genetrix in chariot left, drawn by two Cupids; lyre to left; ・C (retrograde) above</p><p>Ref: Crawford 320/1</p><p><i>ex RBW Collection</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fstatic.wixstatic.com%252Fmedia%252Fae43f8_b5fbd0e5495d42e28dcc81a3093e09ae.gif%26hash%3D1df0775587a2508113542d8b14eb0e1d&amp;hash=15d37a877c9a16705ac5dfbffdb06481" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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