This afternoon I went to the Museum of Fine Arts to see the new Goya Exhibition. It is wonderful and well worth a visit.  I had a few minutes to spare so I wondered over to the Greek and Roman Galleries.  Here are a few marine animals – both real and imagined –

The Octopus on a Roman coin is a favorite.  There were other marine themed coins too:

I love this crab – but I am not so sure about the sea serpent!

I am not sure why the there is a small dolphin below the handsome hare on this coin.

Another sea serpent and  dolphin

There is some interesting domestic roman sculpture in in the museum and I could not resist including this lobster.

The beautiful roman third  century AD mosaic ( Turkey) has it all – Apart from the dolphins and their riders there are several different species of fish portrayed.