Hellenistic hippocampus

Poseidon harnessed his swift paired team to his chariot, horses with hooves of bronze and flowing golden manes. Clothing himself in gold, he seized his fine golden whip, mounted his chariot and drove out across the waves.
The Iliad, Book X111

In Greek mythology, the hippocampus or horse of the sea was a mythical sea creature depicted as a hybrid animal with the forequarters of a horse and the hindquarters of a fish or serpentine tail, enabling it to gallop across the waves. Hippocamps drew the chariot of Poseidon god of the sea, allowing him to traverse the depths wielding his trident. For the ancient Greeks, the hippocampus expressed the infinite power of nature and especially the sea, which could offer wealth and prosperity but could also cause disaster. This high carat gold ring is Greek, circa 300 B.C. It is incised with a hippocampus. The ring is size I and 1/2 [US 4 and 1/2] and weighs 7.7 grams. In sturdy and most wearable condition centuries later.

£5700
Item ref : FC6

Hippocamps drawing the chariot of Poseidon