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Antiochus I (Soter) * Apollo, 280-261 BC
Antiochus I * Apollo,* 280-261 BC
Æ hemidrachm (?)
Obv: Diademed head of Antiochus right
Rev: Apollo seated on omphalos (Delphi), holding arrow in right hand, leaning on strung bow with his left hand, left-facing.
BASILEOS to the right, [A]NTIOXOY to the left. Monograms to left and right, omitted by strike from the right, effaced by wear from the left.
Weight: ca. 4.0 grams
Die axis: 190 degs.
Patina: Quite lovely 'desert-patina.'
Sear, GCATV * (SG) Number 6866v (This example appears to be bronze, not silver: I have been unable to date to find any reference to an Æ variant of SG #6866).
BMC, 4.9, 10
This coin bears portrait of the middle-aged Antiochus I 'Soter,' from the time of his sole reign (280-261 BC.), following the death of his father, Seleukos I.
The reverse depicts Delphian Apollo holding a single arrow, as opposed to the two arrows as seen on the coins dating from his joint-reign with his father.
* Olympian
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Crawford 290/1, Roman Republic, C. Fonteius, DenariusRoman Republic (Rome mint 114-113 BC.), C. Fonteius.
AR Denarius (3.74 g, 19-20 mm).
Obv.: Janiform head of the Dioscuri; I left, mark of value (XVI monogram) right, six dots below.
Rev.: C. FONT (NT in monogram) above, Galley with pilot and three oarsmen; ROMA in exergue.
Crawford 290/1 ; Sydenham 555 ; Bab. Fonteia 1 ; BMC (Italy) 597 .
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Crawford 312/1, Roman Republic, C. Sulpicius Galba, Denarius serratusRoman Republic (Rome mint 106 BC.), C. Sulpicius Galba.
AR Denarius serratus (3.90 g, 18-19 mm).
Obv.: D.P.P (abbreviation of Dei Penates Publici) , before jugate, laureate heads of Dei Penates l. .
Rev.: C. SVLPICI. C. F. Two male figures (the Dei Penates) standing facing each other, each holding spear in l. hand and with r. hand pointing at sow which lies between them; above, control mark C.
Crawford 312/1 . Syd. 572 . Bab. Sulpicia 1 .
Crawford interprets this type as Aeneas landing in Lanuvium (home of Sulpicia gens) with the Penates and the subsequent miracle of the white sow that foretold the founding of Alba Longa. (David Sear, RCV 2000).
The reverse of this coin shows the sow that led Aeneas to the place, where he founded Lavinium, the mother city of Alba Longa. The cult of the Penates was closely connected with Lavinium as the Romans believed that these godheads were brought first to Lavinium by Aeneas before they came to Rome. The Penates belonged to the original gods of Rome and were not imported from the Etruscans or Greeks. The original Roman religion personified all events connected with growing, harvesting and processing the products of the field. The Penates were responsible for protecting the larder in the house of every family. There also existed Penates for the whole of Rome. They were kept at the temple of Vesta together with the palladium, the statue of Athena coming from Troy, and the holy fire. Only once a year, on June 9, the married women in Rome were allowed to see them. They came barefoot on that day to sacrifice fruits and cake.
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Crawford 319/1, Roman Republic, Q. Thermus M.f., DenariusRoman Republic (Rome mint 103 BC.), Q. Thermus M.f..
AR Denarius (3.87 g, 19-20 mm).
Obv.: Head of Mars left, wearing crested and plumed helmet.
Rev.: Q. THERM. M F in exergue, two soldiers vis-à-vis in battle stance, fighting each other with swords, defending with shields; Roman soldier protects fallen comrade between them.
Crawford 319/1 ; Sydenham 592 ; BMCRR Italy 653 ; Minucia 19 .
On this coin, the moneyer probably commemorates his namesake who apparently exhibited great personal bravery when in conflict with the Ligurians. Crawford notes: "The moneyer is presumably to be identified with the Q. Minucius M.f. Ter. on the consilium of Pompeius Strabo at Asculum, perhaps as Legate.
The Ligurians were a people of the northern Appenines who probably represented the Neolithic peoples who were constricted by Gallic and Etruscan pressures. They inhabited the hills from the French Alps and along the Italian Riviera and had kinsmen in Corsica. They engaged in a series of conflicts with the Romans in the 230's but were not really reduced until after the Second Punic War. They were a constant threat to Massilia and other northern cities. In 197, Minucius Rufus marched through their territory. Q. Minucius Thermus, consul in 193 and governor of Liguria from 193 to 190, forced back one of the principal tribes, the Apuani (who had imposed a continuing threat on Pisa), relieved Pisa, and demonstrated across the Auser River.
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Crawford 374/1, Roman Republic, Q. Caecilius Metellus Pius, DenariusRoman Republic (mobile mint of Sulla in North Italy, 81 BC.), Q. Caecilius Metellus Pius. AR Denarius (3.80 g, 17-19 mm). Obv.: Diademed head of Pietas right, wearing earring; stork before. Rev.: Q. C. M. P. I , Elephant l.. Crawford 374/1. Syd. 750. BMCRR Spain 43 ; Bab. Caecilia 43.
The issue was produced by Q. Caecilius Metellus Pius, serving as a Sullan commander in the fight against Carrinas, Norbanus and Carbo. The type of Pietas commemorates the title of "Pius" received by Metellus when he tried to get his father returned from banishment. The elephant recalls the victory of his ancestor, L.Caecilius Metellus at Panormus (Sicily) in 251 BC over the Hasdrubal and his Carthaginians in the First Punic War, after which he displayed the elephants captured from the Carthaginians in his triumph in Rome.
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Crawford 412/1, Roman Republic, L. Roscius Fabatus, Denarius serratusRoman Republic (Rome mint 64 BC.), L. Roscius Fabatus.
AR Denarius (3.82 g, 18-19 mm).
Obv.: L.ROSCI , below head of Juno Sospita to right, wearing goat skin headdress; behind symbol: fountain basin.
Rev.: FABATI (in ex.), maiden standing right, feeding snake coiled erect before her; to left, well-head.
Crawford 412/1 (Symbol pair 102) ; Sydenham 915 ; Babelon Roscia 3 .
Juno Sospita was one of the names of the goddess Juno, emphasizing her role as protector of women, marriage, and childbirth ('Sospita' = 'she who saves'). The cult of Juno Sospita (or 'Sispes') was important in Lanuvium. She wore a goat-skin headdress and carried a spear and a shield.
At Lanuvium, Juno Sospita had a temple which was guarded by a serpent. Every year a maiden would offer cakes to the serpent. If it accepted, this was a sign that the girl was a virgin. Its refusal was an evil omen and a year of sterility was to be feared.
L.Roscius Fabatus was born at Lanuvium and was a "new man" (the first to ennoble his family by entering the Senate). In 55, he held the tribuneship. Roscius was co-author of a measure to further Caesar's plans for agrarian and municipal reform. He was a Caesarian legate in Gaul after 54, where he commanded the 13th legion. In 49, he held the praetorship and was involved as a messenger in the events of that year, which led to the fatal rupture between Caesar and Pompey. In one of his letters, Cicero reported Roscius was killed at the Forum Gallorum in 43 during the war of Mutina.
The coins of this moneyer are the last to exhibit edge serrations as a regular practice. He also utilized a large number of paired die control symbols, one for each side, which represented almost 250 everyday objects. In this, he appears to have taken an earlier moneyer, L.Papius, c. 78, as a model. Curiously, the moneyer's name on the coin is in the genitive, " . . . of Roscius Fabatus", perhaps implying "coinage of Roscius Fabatus."
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Egypt, Alexandria, Ptolemaic Kings, Ptolemy VI.-VIII., (180-145 BC.), Sovronos 1384, Lorber & Faucher Series 7B, ΠA, AE-25, #1Egypt, Alexandria, Ptolemaic Kings, Ptolemy VI.-VIII., (180-145 BC.), Sovronos 1384, Lorber & Faucher Series 7B, ΠA, AE-25, #1
avers: Head of Isis right, wreathed with corn, and with hair in long locks.
reverse: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΠTOΛEMAIOY, Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, ΠA in left field.
exergue: ΠA/-//--, diameter: 25,0-26,0mm, weight: 17,45g, axes: 11h,
mint: Egypt, Alexandria, Lorber & Faucher(2010) Series 7B, ΠA, date:180-145 BC.,
ref: Sovronos 1384, ΠA, SNG Cop 279-286,
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Egypt, Alexandria, Ptolemaic Kings, Ptolemy VI.-VIII., (180-145 BC.), Sovronos 1424b, Lorber & Faucher Series 7C, AE-28, #1Egypt, Alexandria, Ptolemaic Kings, Ptolemy VI.-VIII., (180-145 BC.), Sovronos 1424b, Lorber & Faucher Series 7C, AE-28, #1
avers: Laureate head of Zeus-Ammon right.
reverse: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΠTOΛEMAIOY, Two eagle standing left on thunderbolt, Cornucopiae in left field.
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 28,0-30,0mm, weight: 20,95g, axes: 11h,
mint: Egypt, Alexandria, Lorber & Faucher(2010) Series 7C, date:180-145 BC.,
ref: Sovronos 1424b, (as Ptolemy VI-VIII),
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Egypt, Kyrene, Ptolemaic Kings, Ptolemy III. Euregetes, (247-46,222-20 BC.), Sovronos 871 (Ptolemy II), AE-21, Head of Libya right, #1Egypt, Kyrene, Ptolemaic Kings, Ptolemy III. Euregetes, (247-46,222-20 BC.), Sovronos 871 (Ptolemy II), AE-21, Head of Libya right, #1
avers: Diademed head of Ptolemy I. right, wearing aegis.
reverse: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟY, Head of Libya right, wearing tainia, cornucopia below the chin.
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 23,0mm, weight:9,08g, axes: h,
mint: Egypt, Kyrene mint, date:247-222 B.C., ref: Svoronos 871 (Ptolemy II); SNG Copenhagen 442-4 (Ptolemy IV). ,
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Egypt, Paphos (Cyprus), Ptolemaic Kings, Ptolemy VI. Philometor, (180-145 BC.), Sovronos 1433, AR Tetradrachm, Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, LKΛ(LKA)/ΠΛ(ΠA)//--, #1Egypt, Paphos (Cyprus), Ptolemaic Kings, Ptolemy VI. Philometor, (180-145 BC.), Sovronos 1433, AR Tetradrachm, Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, LKΛ(LKA)/ΠΛ(ΠA)//--, #1
avers: Diademed head (Ptolemy I. ?) right, aegis around the neck.
reverse: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΠTOΛEMAIOY, Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, LKΛ(LKA)/ΠΛ(ΠA)//--in left and right fields.
exergue: LKΛ(LKA)/ΠΛ(ΠA)//--, diameter: 25,0-26,0mm, weight: 14,04g, axes: 12h,
mint: Egypt, Paphos (Cyprus), LKΛ(LKA=Year21), date:161/160 BC.,
ref: Sovronos 1433, Oliver 2047-9 (obv. die D233), SNG Copenhagen 617, DCA 46,
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Egypt, Tyre, Ptolemaic Kings, Ptolemy III. Euregetes, (246/47-221/20 BC.), Sovronos 709, Tyre, Club Series 5., AE-20, #1Egypt, Tyre, Ptolemaic Kings, Ptolemy III. Euregetes, (246/47-221/20 BC.), Sovronos 709, Tyre, Club Series 5., AE-20, #1
avers: Laureate head of Zeus-Ammon right.
reverse: ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟY ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle standing left on thunderbolt; club in left field.
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 19,5mm, weight: 6,21g, axes: 0h,
mint: Egypt, Tyre Club Series 5., date: 246/47-221/20 B.C.,
ref: SNG Cop 496, Sovronos 709 (as Ptolemy II??),
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G., Thessaly, Scotussa, (c.450-400 BC.), AR-Hemidrachm, SNG Cop 251, ΣΚΟ, Corn grain in husk, Rare!Thessaly, Scotussa, (c.450-400 BC.), AR-Hemidrachm, SNG Cop 251, ΣΚΟ, Corn grain in husk, Rare!
avers: Forepart of horse right.
revers: Corn grain in husk, ΣKO; all within incuse square.
exerg: -/-//--, diameter: 14-16,5 mm, weight: 2,80g, axes: 5h,
mint: Skotussa, Thessaly, date: 450-400 B.C., ref: SNG-Cop-251,
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G., Thrace, Kings, Seuthes III. (Circa 330-300 BC.), SNG Cop 291, AE 15, Thunderbolt over ΣΕΥΘΟΥ, #1Thrace, Kings, Seuthes III. (Circa 330-300 BC.), SNG Cop 291, AE 15, Thunderbolt over ΣΕΥΘΟΥ, #1
avers: 8 pointed Star, border of dots.
reverse: Thunderbolt over ΣΕΥΘΟΥ.
exergue: -/-/--, diameter: 14-15mm, weight: 2,44g, axes: h,
mint: Thrache, Kings, Seuthes III., date: Circa 330-300 B.C.,
ref: SNG Cop 291,
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Greek, Thessaly, Scotussa, (c.450-400 BC.), AR-Hemidrachm, SNG Cop 251, ΣΚΟ, Corn grain in husk, Rare!Thessaly, Scotussa, (c.450-400 BC.), AR-Hemidrachm, SNG Cop 251, ΣΚΟ, Corn grain in husk, Rare!
avers: Forepart of horse right.
revers: Corn grain in husk, ΣKO; all within incuse square.
exerg: -/-//--, diameter: 14-16,5 mm, weight: 2,80g, axes: 5h,
mint: Skotussa, Thessaly, date: 450-400 B.C., ref: SNG-Cop-251,
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