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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2347471, member: 56859&quot;]Since this thread already resembles a fractal*, here&#039;s another tangent-- a very cool hippocamp quadriga:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/phoeniciaberytostychehippocampquadriga-jpg.361205/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>PHOENICIA, Berytos </b></p><p><b>1st century BCE</b></p><p>Æ19.5, 5.9 gm</p><p>Obv: Turreted head of Tyche right</p><p>Rev: Poseidon standing left in quadriga drawn by four hippocamps</p><p>Ref: SNG Copenhagen 83</p><p><br /></p><p>And a Sicilian hippocamp:</p><p><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_61a36d205a14409b827d2aec9e29cfc0.jpg/v1/fill/w_1000,h_510,al_c,q_90/ae43f8_61a36d205a14409b827d2aec9e29cfc0.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Sicily, Syracuse.&nbsp; Second Democracy</b></p><p>c. 425 BCE</p><p>Æ tetras, 13 mm, 1.9 gm</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; Female head right; XXX before</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; Hippocamp right, octopus below</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; CNS 30; SNG ANS 1382</p><p><br /></p><p>And a another Phoenician hippocamp (which needs to be reshot, it isn&#039;t that brown):</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/phoeniciabyblosdishekel-1000-jpg.350736/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>PHOENICIA, Byblos. Uzzibaal. 350-335 BC</b></p><p><b>AR dishekel, 13.3 gm</b></p><p>Obv: Three hoplites with shields in war galley left, roaring lion&#039;s head on prow, waves below galley; hippocamp left below; Z O (N O?) in field</p><p>Rev: Phoenician inscription; lion attacking bull left</p><p>Ref: SNG Copenhagen 132, BMC 26.95, 4.</p><p><br /></p><p>*A related joke:</p><p><br /></p><p>What is Benoit B. Mandelbrot&#039;s middle name?</p><p>.</p><p>.</p><p>.</p><p>.</p><p>.</p><p>Benoit B. Mandelbrot <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie59" alt=":joyful:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie59" alt=":joyful:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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