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Crawford 259/1, ROMAN REPUBLIC, Q. Marcius Philippus, AR Denarius
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Rome, The Republic.
Q. Marcius Philippus, 126 BCE.
AR Denarius (3.92g; 18mm).
Rome Mint.
Obverse: Helmeted head of Roma, facing right; * behind.
Reverse: Armed horseman galloping to right; Macedonian helmet with goat horns behind; Q PILIPVS below; ROMA in exergue.
References: Crawford 259/1; Sydenham 477; BMCRR 1143; Marcia 11.
Provenance: Ex A.J. Scammell Collection [DNW (3 Jun 2020) Lot 121 (part)].
Crawford chose 129 BCE as the date for this issue, but H.B. Mattingly in Essays Hersh chose a later date of 126 BCE based in part on the find of an FDC coin of Philippus in the ruins of Entremont (Aix-en-Provence, France) which was captured by the Romans in 123 BCE and abandoned. Crawford argues that the horned Macedonian helmet on the reverse alludes to Phillip V of Macedon as a naming reference to the moneyer. Goat-horned helmets were apparently a mark of Macedonian kings. In his Life of Pyrrhus, Plutarch references that Pyrrhus was recognizable by his helmet with “its towering crest and its goat’s horns” (Plutarch Pyrrhus 11).
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![Crawford 259/1, ROMAN REPUBLIC, Q. Marcius Philippus, AR Denarius
Rome, The Republic.
Q. Marcius Philippus, 126 BCE.
AR Denarius (3.92g; 18mm).
Rome Mint.
Obverse: Helmeted head of Roma, facing right; * behind.
Reverse: Armed horseman galloping to right; Macedonian helmet with goat horns behind; Q PILIPVS below; ROMA in exergue.
References: Crawford 259/1; Sydenham 477; BMCRR 1143; Marcia 11.
Provenance: Ex A.J. Scammell Collection [DNW (3 Jun 2020) Lot 121 (part)].
Crawford chose 129 BCE as the date for this issue, but H.B. Mattingly in Essays Hersh chose a later date of 126 BCE based in part on the find of an FDC coin of Philippus in the ruins of Entremont (Aix-en-Provence, France) which was captured by the Romans in 123 BCE and abandoned. Crawford argues that the horned Macedonian helmet on the reverse alludes to Phillip V of Macedon as a naming reference to the moneyer. Goat-horned helmets were apparently a mark of Macedonian kings. In his Life of Pyrrhus, Plutarch references that Pyrrhus was recognizable by his helmet with “its towering crest and its goat’s horns” (Plutarch Pyrrhus 11).](albums/userpics/34967/normal_PhilippusDenarius.jpg "Click to view full size image
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Crawford 259/1, ROMAN REPUBLIC, Q. Marcius Philippus, AR Denarius
Rome, The Republic.
Q. Marcius Philippus, 126 BCE.
AR Denarius (3.92g; 18mm).
Rome Mint.
Obverse: Helmeted head of Roma, facing right; * behind.
Reverse: Armed horseman galloping to right; Macedonian helmet with goat horns behind; Q PILIPVS below; ROMA in exergue.
References: Crawford 259/1; Sydenham 477; BMCRR 1143; Marcia 11.
Provenance: Ex A.J. Scammell Collection [DNW (3 Jun 2020) Lot 121 (part)].
Crawford chose 129 BCE as the date for this issue, but H.B. Mattingly in Essays Hersh chose a later date of 126 BCE based in part on the find of an FDC coin of Philippus in the ruins of Entremont (Aix-en-Provence, France) which was captured by the Romans in 123 BCE and abandoned. Crawford argues that the horned Macedonian helmet on the reverse alludes to Phillip V of Macedon as a naming reference to the moneyer. Goat-horned helmets were apparently a mark of Macedonian kings. In his Life of Pyrrhus, Plutarch references that Pyrrhus was recognizable by his helmet with “its towering crest and its goat’s horns” (Plutarch Pyrrhus 11).")
