Post Your Coins Depicting Sailing Ships

I have a new big purchase (an ancient coin) which perfectly fits this topic, but I have a policy of not posting anything until I have the coin in hand. I'll follow up once I receive it :)

Here is an older topic for review...

http://goccf.com/t/80301

However, please continue here.

1992 Cayman Islands coin found in quarter roll

Do not sweat it!

The old thread is, well, old. Had you managed to find it and posted there, someone (but definitely not me) might have made a point of you "raising the dead" (meaning it in good fun, of course)

Again, no foul, all fun. Carry on!

I happened across one more that I didn't realize I had.

Just picked mine up today. It's one of the most sought-after ancient coins and I'm delighted to finally own one after waiting for years to find the right example:



Nero augustus, 54 â€" 68
Sestertius circa 64, Æ 22.85 g. NERO CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P P Laureate head r., with aegis. Rev. AVG â€" VST Bird's eye view of Ostia's harbour. At the top, pharos surmounted by statue of Neptune, holding sceptre; at bottom, reclining figure of Tiber l., holding rudder and dolphin; below, PORT OST. To l. crescent shaped pier with portico. To r., crescent-shaped row of breakwaters. In the centre, seven ships. In upper field, S â€" C. C 37. BMC 134. RIC 181. CBN â€". Very rare. A very attractive specimen of this celebrated issue, well-centred on a very broad flan and complete. A bold portrait and a finely detailed reverse, attractive dark green patina and extremely fine

As an inland city of more than one million people during the reign of Nero, Rome relied heavily upon its Tyrrhenian Sea port at Ostia. Antioch, the great metropolis in Syria, was similarly positioned, as it was about the same distance (c. 15 miles) from its Mediterranean port at Seleucia. Though essential to major inland cities, ports and harbours were perhaps the most challenging of all engineering projects, and they were very costly to build and to maintain. It comes as no surprise that when great ports were completed, it was cause for celebration.

To Romans, such occasions not only affirmed their international renown as engineers, but also represented a new opportunity to reap benefits in transportation, trade, grain supplies and military applications. The construction of a port at Ostia had been considered by both Julius Caesar and Augustus, but the projected expenses were so daunting that it was not until Claudius came to power that construction began; finally, it was finished during the reign of his adoptive son Nero.