AR denarius. 72 BC. 3,78 grs. Bust of Amphitrite right,seen from behind letter C before, symbol (crab) behind / Neptune,brandishing trident, in sea chariot right,drawn by two hippocamps,above C.
Q.CREPER.M.F. / ROCVS in two lines below.
Craw 399/1b. RSC Crepereia 1. CNR Crepereia 2/3.
Enjoy.
Lovely. Here's an
Amphitrite and Neptune decorating my patio garden
And my picture description:
"The House of Neptune and
Amphitrite has a garden room in place of the usual
peristyle, richly decorated with mosaics. It's not a huge house, which explains its non
standard arrangements - there's no room for a
peristyle - but the
quality of the mosaics and general decorative
standard indicates a wealthy proprietor. On one wall of the garden court are some recessed areas perhaps for
statues or
Lares, with mosaics of dogs and stags surrounding, and above them theatre masks. The garden court wall mosaics use pieces of
glass to give the vivid colours and reflect light, and thus are brighter and more colourful than more robust floor mosaics made of tile. That of Neptune and
Amphitrite his consort is oddly named. The
Roman names should be Neptune and
Salacia or Greek Poseidon and
Amphitrite, but it's very nautical in any event with brights sea shell surrounds and predominantly sea blue, a colour that doesn't appear much on Vesuvaian walls. There is a
rare and elegantly
engraved Roman coin with the same
types usually named thus, Neptune in a
biga of hippocamps and
Amphitrite with behind her a squid, minted by one Crepereius in 69BC. Fishy."