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MAXENTIVS - Follis - Ostia mint - 309 AD
Obv.: IMP C MAXENTIVS P F AVG, laureate head right
Rev.: AETERNITAS AVG N, Castor and Pollux standing facing each other, each leaning on sceptre and holding bridled horse. In ex. MOSTA
Gs. 6,7 mm. 27,5
Cohen 10Maxentius
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ROME
PB Tessera (16mm, 2.62 g, 12h)
Castor standing left before horse, holding bridle and scepter; C to right Pollux standing right before horse, holding bridle and scepter; P to left
Rostovtsev 2082, pl. IX, 1; Rostovtsev & Prou 370; BM 53
Ex Artcoins Roma 23 (17 February 2015), lot 581Ardatirion
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0170 - Denarius Geta 199-204 ACObv/P SEPT GETA CAES PONT, bare-headed and draped bust of Geta r.
Rev/CASTOR, Castor standing facing, head l., holding scepter; behind, horse standing l.
Ag, 19.2mm, 3.00g
Mint: Rome.
RIC IV.I/6 [S] - BMCRE V/216
ex-AUREA Numismatika, auction 49, lot #3394dafnis
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028a06. GetaAs Caesar. Denarius (18-19 mm, 2.25 g), Rome, 199-204 AD. Obv. P SEPT GETA CAES PONT, bare-headed and draped bust to right, seen from behind. Rev. CASTOR, Castor standing half-left, holding sceptre, beside horse left. RIC 6; BMC 216. GMBH Auc 77, Lot 91, 18 Sep 22.
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081a04. MaxentiusAE follis. 22mm, 6.57 g. Ostia mint. 309-312 AD. Obv: IMP C MAXENTIVS P F AVG, laureate head right. Rev: AETERNITAS AVG N, the Dioscuri Castor and Pollux standing facing each other, each holding sceptre and holding a horse by the bridle. Mint mark MOSTT. RIC 35; Cohen 5; Sear 14975.lawrence c
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129 Maxentius (306-307 A.D. Caesar, 308-313 A.D. Augustus), Ostia, RIC VI 035, AE-1, -/-//MOSTT, AETERNITAS AVG N, Castor and Pollux standing facing,129 Maxentius (306-307 A.D. Caesar, 308-313 A.D. Augustus), Ostia, RIC VI 035, AE-1, -/-//MOSTT, AETERNITAS AVG N, Castor and Pollux standing facing,
avers:- IMP C MAXENTIVS P F AVG, Laureate head right.
revers:- AETE RNITAS A VG N, Dioscuri Castor and Pollux standing facing each other, each holding sceptre and holding a horse by the bridle..
exergo: -/-//MOSTT, diameter: mm, weight: g, axis: h,
mint: Ostia, date: 309-312 A.D., ref: RIC VI 35, p-404, C-5,
Q-001quadrans
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152 - Maxentius - RIC VI Ostia 035 (double strike)Obv:– IMP C MAXENTIVS P F AVG, Laureate Bust right
Rev:– AETERNITAS AVG N, Castor and Pollux
Minted in Ostia (MOSTP in exe. ) between Late A.D. 309 and October A.D. 312
References:– RIC VI Ostia 35 (C2)
Not great quality but a great example of a double strike on both sides.maridvnvm
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1ao Caligula37-41
As
Bare head, left, C CAESAR AVG GERMANICVS PON M TR POT
Vesta std, VESTA SC
RIC 38
The son of Germanicus, modern research suggests, was not as bad a ruler as history generally supposes, but the winners write the history, and Caligula had the dubious honor of being the first loser to die in the purple at the hand of assassins.
Suetonius recorded: Gaius Caesar (Caligula) was born on the 31st of August AD12, in the consulship of his father, Germanicus, and Gaius Fonteius Capito. The sources disagree as to his place of birth. Gnaeus Lentulus Gaetulicus claims it was Tibur (Tivoli), Pliny the Elder, says it was among the Treveri in the village of Ambitarvium, above Confluentes (the site of Koblenz) at the junction of the Moselle and Rhine. . . . His surname Caligula (‘Little Boot’) was bestowed on him affectionately by the troops because he was brought up amongst them, dressed in soldier’s gear.
Caligula accompanied his father, Germanicus, to Syria (in AD 19). On his return, he lived with his mother, Agrippina the Elder until she was exiled (in 29 AD), and then with his great-grandmother Livia. When Livia died (in 29 AD), he gave her eulogy from the rostra even though he was not of age. He was then cared for by his grandmother Antonia the Younger, until at the age of eighteen Tiberius summoned him to Capreae (Capri, in AD 31). On that day he assumed his gown of manhood and shaved off his first beard, but without the ceremony that had attended his brothers’ coming of age.
On Capraea, though every trick was tried to lure him, or force him, into making complaints against Tiberius, he ignored all provocation, . . . behaving so obsequiously to his adoptive grandfather, Tiberius, and the entire household, that the quip made regarding him was well borne out, that there was never a better slave or a worse master.
Even in those days, his cruel and vicious character was beyond his control, and he was an eager spectator of torture and executions meted out in punishment. At night, disguised in wig and long robe, he abandoned himself to gluttony and adulterous behaviour. He was passionately devoted it seems to the theatrical arts, to dancing and singing, a taste in him which Tiberius willingly fostered, in the hope of civilizing his savage propensities.
And came near to assuming a royal diadem at once, turning the semblance of a principate into an absolute monarchy. Indeed, advised by this that he outranked princes and kings, he began thereafter to claim divine power, sending to Greece for the most sacred or beautiful statues of the gods, including the Jupiter of Olympia, so that the heads could be exchanged for his own. He then extended the Palace as far as the Forum, making the Temple of Castor and Pollux its vestibule, and would often present himself to the populace there, standing between the statues of the divine brothers, to be worshipped by whoever appeared, some hailing him as ‘Jupiter Latiaris’. He also set up a special shrine to himself as god, with priests, the choicest sacrificial victims, and a life-sized golden statue of himself, which was dressed each day in clothes of identical design to those he chose to wear.
He habitually committed incest with each of his three sisters, seating them in turn below him at large banquets while his wife reclined above. . . . His preferred method of execution was by the infliction of many slight wounds, and his order, issued as a matter of routine, became notorious: ‘Cut him so he knows he is dying.’ Blindado
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1au Otho69
Denarius
Bewigged head, right, IMP OTHO CAESAR AVG TR P
Securitas stg., SECVRITAS P R
RIC 10
Suetonius wrote: Otho was born on the 28th of April 32 AD, in the consulship of Furius Camillus Arruntius and Domitius Ahenobarbus, Nero’s father. In early youth he was so profligate and insolent that he earned many a beating from his own father. . . . After his father died, he feigned love for an influential freedwoman at Court, though she was old and decrepit, in order to win her favour, and then used her to insinuate himself among the emperor’s friends, easily achieving the role of Nero’s chief favourite, not only because they were of a similar disposition, but also some say because of a sexual relationship. . . .
Otho had hoped to be adopted by Galba as his successor, and anticipated the announcement daily. But Piso was chosen, dashing Otho’s hopes, and causing him to resort to force, prompted not only by feelings of resentment but also by his mounting debts. He declared that frankly he would have to declare himself bankrupt, unless he became emperor. . . . When the moment was finally ripe, . . . his friends hoisted him on their shoulders and acclaimed him Emperor. Everyone they met joined the throng, as readily as if they were sworn accomplices and a part of the conspiracy, and that is how Otho arrived at his headquarters, amidst cheering and the brandishing of swords. He at once sent men to kill Galba and Piso. . . .
Meanwhile the army in Germany had sworn allegiance to Vitellius. When the news reached Otho he persuaded the Senate to send a deputation, advising the soldiers to maintain peace and order, since an emperor had already been chosen. However he also sent envoys with letters and personal messages, offering to share power with Vitellius, and marry his daughter. With civil war clearly inevitable, on the approach of Vitellius’s advance guard, who had marched on Rome led by their generals, . . . Otho began his campaign vigorously, and indeed too hastily. . . .
His army won three engagements, but of a minor nature, firstly in the Alps, then near Placentia, and finally at a place called Castor’s, and were ultimately defeated in a decisive and treacherous encounter at Betriacum (on the 14th April). . . . After this defeat, Otho resolved to commit suicide, more from feelings of shame, which many have thought justified, and a reluctance to continue the struggle with such high cost to life and property, than from any diffidence or fear of failure shown by his soldiers. . . . On waking at dawn (on the 16th of April, AD69), he promptly dealt himself a single knife-blow in the left side of his chest, and first concealing and then showing the wound to those who rushed in at the sound of his groaning, he breathed his last. . . . Otho was thirty-six years old when he died, on the ninety-second day of his reign. . . .
Neither his bodily form nor appearance suggested great courage. He is said to have been of medium height, bandy-legged and splay-footed, though as fastidious as a woman in personal matters. He had his body-hair plucked, and wore a toupee to cover his scanty locks, so well-made and so close-fitting that its presence was not apparent. Blindado
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200-202 AD - GETA Caesar denariusobv: P SEPT GETA CAES PONT (draped bust right)
rev: CASTOR (Castor standing left in front of horse, reins in right hand & scepter in left)
ref: RIC IVi 6, RSC 12(10frcs), BMC 216
mint: Rome
3.02gms, 18mm
Scarce
This piece was minted in the name of Geta, who served as Caesar under Septimius Severus from 198-209 AD. The reverse features Castor, patron of the knights. Castor and Pollux are better known together as The Dioscuri, and their specific depiction individually is very infrequently seen. Geta was the second Castor in his coins.berserker
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408. MaxentiusMarcus Aurelius Valerius Maxentius, more commonly known as Maxentius, was the child of the Emperor Maximianus Herculius and the Syrian Eutropia; he was born ca. 278 A.D. After Galerius' appointment to the rank of Caesar on 1 March 293, Maxentius married Galerius' daughter Valeria Maximilla, who bore him a son named Romulus and another son whose name is unknown. Due to his haughty nature and bad disposition, Maxentius could seldom agree with his father or his father-in-law; Galerius' and Maximianus Herculius' aversion to Maxentius prevented the young man from becoming a Caesar in 305. Little else is known of Maxentius' private life prior to his accession and, alth ough there is some evidence that it was spent in idleness, he did become a Senator.
On 28 October 306 Maxentius was acclaimed emperor, although he was politcally astute enough not to use the title Augustus; like the Emperor Augustus, he called himself princeps. It was not until the summer of 307 that he started usi ng the title Augustus and started offending other claimants to the imperial throne. He was enthroned by the plebs and the Praetorians. At the time of his acclamation Maxentius was at a public villa on the Via Labicana. He strengthened his position with promises of riches for those who helped him obtain his objective. He forced his father Maximianus Herculius to affirm his son's acclamation in order to give his regime a facade of legitimacy. His realm included Italy, Africa, Sardinia, and Corsica. As soon as Galerius learned about the acclamation of Herculius' son, he dispatched the Emperor Severus to quell the rebellion. With the help of his father and Severus' own troops, Maxentius' took his enemy prisoner.
When Severus died, Galerius was determined to avenge his death. In the early summer of 307 the Augustus invaded Italy; he advanced to the south and encamped at Interamna near the Tiber. His attempt to besiege the city was abortive because his army was not large enough to encompass the city's fortifications. Negotiations between Maxentius and Galerius broke down when the emperor discovered that the usurper was trying to win over his troops. Galerius' troops were open to Maxentius' promises because they were fighting a civil war between members of the same family; some of the soldiers went over to the enemy. Not trusting his own troops, Galerius withdrew. During its retreat, Galerius' army ravaged the Italian countryside as it was returning to its original base. If it was not enough that Maxentius had to deal with the havoc created by the ineffectual invasions of Severus and Galerius, he also had to deal with his father's attempts to regain the throne between 308 and 310. When Maximianus Herculius was unable to regain power by pushing his son off his throne, he attempted to win over Constantine to his cause. When this plan failed, he tried to win Diocletian over to his side at Carnuntum in October and November 308. Frustrated at every turn, Herculius returned to his son-in-law Constantine's side in Gaul where he died in 310, having been implicated in a plot against his son-in-law. Maxentius' control of the situation was weakened by the revolt of L. Domitius Alexander in 308. Although the revolt only lasted until the end of 309, it drastically cut the size of the grain supply availble for Rome. Maxentius' rule collapsed when he died on 27 October 312 in an engagement he had with the Emperor Constantine at the Milvian Bridge after the latter had invaded his realm.
Maxentius Follis. Ostia mint. IMP C MAXENTIVS P F AVG, laureate head right / AETE-RNITAS A-VGN, Castor and Pollux standing facing each other, each leaning on sceptre and holding bridled horse. ecoli
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70-Maxentius-3.-SAE Follis, Ostia mint, 306-312 AD.
Obv: IMP C MAXENTIVS PF AVG, Laureate head right.
Rev: AETERNITAS AVG N, Castor and Pollux standing facing, each leaning on a sceptre and restraining a horse.
MOSTQ in exergue.
23mm, 7.1gm.
RIC 14.Jerome Holderman
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A117-16 - MAJENCIO (306 - 312 D.C.)AE Follis 25 mm 7.1 gr.
Hijo de Maximiano, causó la crisis del sistema de la Tetrarquía, siendo proclamado “Principe”, luego César, y mas tarde Augusto, e invitando él mismo a su padre a reasumir el Imperio. Fue derrocado por las fuerzas conjuntas de Constantino I y Licinio.
Anv: "IMP C M[A]XENTIVS PF AVG " – Cabeza laureada viendo a derecha.
Rev: "AETE-RNITAS - [AVG] N” – Los Dioscuri (Castor y Pollux) desnudos de pié uno frente al otro, portando cetros largos verticales, sobre sus hombros un manto corto (Chlamys) y reteniendo a sus caballos por los frenos. "MOSTP" en exergo.
Acuñada 309 – 312 D.C.
Ceca: Ostia – (Ostia Antica, viejo puerto de Roma) -Italia
Rareza: C2
Referencias: RIC Vol.VI (Ostia) 35 Pag.404 - DVM #14 Pag.284 - Salgado MRBI Vol.III #7656.a. Pag.89 – Cohen Vol.VII #5 Pag.166mdelvalle
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A117-16 - MAJENCIO (306 - 312 D.C.)AE Follis 25 mm 7.1 gr.
Hijo de Maximiano, causó la crisis del sistema de la Tetrarquía, siendo proclamado “Principe”, luego César, y mas tarde Augusto, e invitando él mismo a su padre a reasumir el Imperio. Fue derrocado por las fuerzas conjuntas de Constantino I y Licinio.
Anv: "IMP C M[A]XENTIVS PF AVG " – Cabeza laureada viendo a derecha.
Rev: "AETE-RNITAS - [AVG] N” – Los Dioscuri (Castor y Pollux) desnudos de pié uno frente al otro, portando cetros largos verticales, sobre sus hombros un manto corto (Chlamys) y reteniendo a sus caballos por los frenos. "MOSTP" en exergo.
Acuñada 309 – 312 D.C.
Ceca: Ostia – (Ostia Antica, viejo puerto de Roma) -Italia
Rareza: C2
Referencias: RIC Vol.VI (Ostia) 35 Pag.404 - DVM #14 Pag.284 - Salgado MRBI Vol.III #7656.a. Pag.89 – Cohen Vol.VII #5 Pag.166 - Sear '88 #3776mdelvalle
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Ake-Ptolemais, Phoenicia as Antioch PtolemaidesAke-Ptolemais, Phoenicia as Antioch Ptolemaides, AE16 Dilepton, Undated.
Time of Antiochos IV-VIII, 185-123 BCE.
Obverse: Jugate, laureate busts of the Dioskuri right, star above each head.
Reverse: ANTIOXEΩN TΩN EN ΠTOΛEMAIΔI, Cornucopiae.
Rouvier 962Pericles J2
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AnonymousObv: Helmeted head of Roma facing right, with triple earring, spike above visor, X behind.
Rev: The Dioscuri, Castor and Pollux, on horseback, riding right, ROMA in exergue.
Silver Denarius, Rome mint, c. 211 BC
4.4 grams, 18.5 mm, 180°
RSC Anonymous 2, S38Matt Inglima
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Anonymous Didrachm / Quadrigatus **SOLD**Anonymous. Silver Didrachm (6.80g, 22.5mm), ca. 225-214 BC. Uncertain mint.
O: Laureate head of Janus (Dioscuri?), two annulets atop head.
R: ROMA incuse on solid tablet in exergue, Jupiter, hurling thunderbolt and holding scepter, in galloping quadriga right driven by Victory.
- ex Dr. Busso Peus Nachf., Crawford ?
"Silver Quadrigatus Roman coinage was fortified during the Second Punic War. In addition to gold coins, the Romans issued copper and silver coins, sometimes in enormous quantities. The principal silver coin of the war was a reduced-weight didrachm called a "quadrigatus" after its reverse design, a four-horse chariot (quadriga) bearing Victory and Jupiter. There are many varieties of quadrigati, as revealed by differences in die engraving, metal purity and production standards, not to mention subtle variations of the main design. This suggests that several mints issued quadrigati at different times, and under quite different circumstances. The double-head on the obverse usually is described as the god Janus because of its distinctive form, but the faces are of young men, and it more likely represents the Dioscuri, the gods Castor and Pollux, who were credited with saving Rome at the Battle of Lake Regillus nearly three centuries before." - David VagiNemonater
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BHM 1061. The Elgin Marbles, East Frieze IV 24-27.Obv. THE ELGIN MARBLES DEDICATED BY PERMISSION TO HIS MAJESTY GEORGE IV The Royal Coat of Arms with supporters.
Rev. CASTOR POLLUX CERES AND TRIPTOLEMUS THOMASON DIREXIT Hermes, Dionysos(?), Demeter and Ares seated.
AE48
The British Museum writes about the fragment depicted:
24-25. Hermes, a messenger god, sits looking in the direction of the procession. He wears sandals and a traveller's hat (petasos) rests on his knee. The figure who leans on his shoulder is probably Dionysos, god of wine. His left arm was supported by a staff (thyrsos).
26. Demeter, goddess of growing corn, was shown resting her chin (now missing) upon her hand. In Greek art this was a conventional gesture of mourning. Her grief is for her daughter Persephone, who was abducted by the god of the Underworld. In her left hand Demeter holds a torch, the symbol of the Eleusinian Mysteries, of which she was the patron.
27. Ares, god of war, sits with one knee cradled in his hands, while his left foot rests on the haft of a spear. Part of the weapon is just visible below the ankle bone. The rest of it must have been painted on the stone.
LordBest
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C. Fonteius - AR DenariusRome
²112 BC / ¹114-113 BC
laureate Janiform heads of Dioscuri
T _ (XVI)
war galley left, acrostolium, ram and deck house at prow, three sailors and five oars amidships; deck house, gubernator, rudder, and apluster at stern
C·FO(NT)
ROMA
¹Crawford 290/1, SRCV I 167, RSC I Fonteia 1, Sydenham 555
²Mark Passehl - Roman moneyer & coin type chronology, 150 – 50 BC
3,9g 21mm
ex Aureo and Calico
"The janiform head has been identified as the Dioscuri, because the Fonteia gens came from Tusculum, the religious center of the cult of Castor and Pollux. The reverse depicts the arrival by sea of Telegonus' the son of Odysseus and Circe, and the mythological founder of Tusculum." ForumAncientCoins note Moneyer probably served as legate in 91 BC at the beginning of Civil war and was killed by rebels in AsculumJ. B.
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Calabre, Tarente, statère (c. 272-240 AC)o/ Les Dioscures (Castor et Pollux) le manteau flottant au vent galopant à gauche. ΣΩAΔAMOΣ dessous.
r/ Taras nu, chevauchant un dauphin à gauche, tenant une Niké de la main droite, deux javelines transversales et un bouclier orné d'un serpent de mer de la main gauche au-dessous, les flots. Monogramme ΓY à gauche; TARAΣ à droite.
SNG.Copenhagen 892 | SNG.München - | SNG.Tübingen 404 | Côte 408 SNG.ANS.1121-1128 | SNG.Milano 194-196 | SNG.Hungary 73
20mm; 6.29g; 9h
Munthandel G.HenzenT.MooT
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Calabria, Tarentum (Circa 280 BC)AR Nomos
22.5mm, 7.58 g
Obverse: Youth on horseback right, crowning horse; [ΣA to left, APE/ΘΩN in two lines below]
Reverse: Phalanthos, holding tripod, riding dolphin left; TAΡAΣ above [CAΣ below]
Vlasto 666–7; HN Italy 957
280 BC was the last year the original Tarentine weight standard of 7.8 g remained in place before being reduced to about 6.6 grams, perhaps to match the Roman weight standard of 6 scruples. Likely not coincidentally, this was also the year that Tarentum enlisted the help of the famous general King Pyrrhus of Epirus to fight against the Romans. King Pyrrhus had long dreamed of emulating his cousin Alexander the Great's conquests and saw the conflict with Rome as an opportunity to do so. He arrived in Italy with his army and several war elephants and defeated the Romans twice, but the second victory at Asculum came at such a high cost that he famously said, "If we win one more victory against the Romans, we will be completely ruined." Hence the phrase, a "Pyrrhic victory." He eventually left Southern Italy for Sicily. In the end, Rome won the Pyrrhic War (280-272 B.C.) and forced Tarentum to accept a permanent Roman garrison on its acropolis.
Taras coins minted between 425 and 209 BC typically depict a horseman on the obverse and a young man riding a dolphin on the reverse (Phalanthos, the half-Spartan divine founder of Tarentum supposedly carried to shore by a dolphin after a shipwreck). The horseman designs are believed to represent the worship of the Dioscuri, the twin deities Castor and Pollux (deities of horsemanship, athletes, and soldiers) worshipped in Taras' mother city of Sparta. This particular didrachm features a peaceful scene of a young man crowning a horse, which may commemorate a victory in an athletic contest.
Nathan P
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Caracalla CastorImitation in good silver, combining a Caracalla portrait with a reverse that belongs to Geta.
Obv: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG
Rev: CASTOR
Castor standing l. in front of horse, which he holds by rein, holding spear (RIC 6).
2.86g, 17mm
klausklage
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COELE SYRIA, CHALKIS--PTOLEMAIOS85 - 40 BC
Tetrarchy of Chalkis, Ptolemaios, 85 - 40 B.C.
AE 20 mm max. 6.05 g
O: Zeus (or tetrarch) right
R: Dioscuri (Castor and Pollux) standing facing with spears, heads confronted, LΜΣ
Chalkis sub Libano mint, Herman 1, SNG Cop 413, HGC 9 1439 (S), BMC Galatia -laney
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COELE SYRIA, CHALKIS--PTOLEMAIOS85 - 40 B.C
AE 20 mm; 5.82 g
Tetrarchy of Chalkis, PtolemaiosAE
O: Zeus (or tetrarch) right, countermark on neck
R: Dioscuri (Castor and Pollux) standing facing with spears, heads confronted
Chalkis sub Libano mint, Herman 1, SNG Cop 413, HGC 9 1439 (S), BMC Galatia -laney
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Crawford 417/1a, Roman Republic, Rome mint, moneyers L. Aemilius Lepidus Paullus and L. Scribonius Libo, 62 BC., AR Denarius.Roman Republic, Rome mint, moneyers L. Aemilius Lepidus Paullus and L. Scribonius Libo, 62 BC.,
AR Denarius (18-20 mm / 3,72 g),
Obv.: [P]AVLLVS. LEPIDVS - CONCORD head of Concordia r., wearing veil and diadem.
Rev.: PVTEAL SCRIBON / LIBO , Puteal Scribonianum (Scribonian well, the "Puteal Scribonianum" well in the Forum Romanum near the Arch of Fabius), decorated with garland and two lyres, hammer at base.
Crawf. 417/1a ; Syd. 927 ; Bab. / Seaby Aemilia 11 ; Kestner 3422 ; BMC Rome 3383 ; CNR Aemilia 62 .
Rare
A puteal was a classical wellhead, round or sometimes square, set round a well opening to keep people from falling in. Such well heads (putealia) might be of marble, enriched with bas-reliefs. - The puteal is on the reverse of the coin adorned with garlands and two lyres. It is generally stated that there were two putealia in the Roman forum; but C. F. Hermann, who has carefully examined all the passages in the ancient writers relating to this matter (Ind. Lect. Marburg. 1840), comes to the conclusion that there was only one such puteal at Rome. It was in the forum, near the Arcus Fabianus, and was dedicated in very ancient times either on account of the whetstone of the Augur Navius (cf. Liv. I.36), or because the spot had been struck by lightning. It was subsequently repaired and re-dedicated by Scribonius Libo, who had been commanded to examine the state of the sacred places. Libo erected in its neighbourhood a tribunal for the praetor, in consequence of which the place was, of course, frequented by persons who had law-suits, such as money-lenders and the like.
The Puteal Scribonianum (Scribonian Puteal) or Puteal Libonis (Puteal of Libo), building in the Forum at Rome, dedicated or restored by a member of the Libo family, perhaps the praetor of 204 BC, or the tribune of the people in 149 BC. In its vicinity the praetor's tribunal, removed from the comitium in the 2nd century BC, held its sittings, which led to the place becoming the haunt of litigants, money-lenders and business people. According to ancient authorities, the Puteal Libonis was the name given to an erection (or enclosure) on a spot which had been struck by lightning; it was so called from its resemblance to the stone curb or low enclosure round a well (puteus) that was between the temples of Castor and Vesta, near the Porticus Julia and the Arcus Fabiorum (arch of the Fabii), but no remains have been discovered. The idea that an irregular circle of travertine blocks, found near the temple of Castor, formed part of the puteal is now abandoned. See Horace, Sat. ii.6.35, Epp. i.19.8; Cicero, Pro Sestio, 8; for the well-known coin of Lucius Scribonius Libo, representing the puteal of Libo, which rather resembles a cippus (sepulchral monument) or an altar, with laurel wreaths, two lyres and a pair of pincers or tongs below the wreaths (perhaps symbolical of Vulcan as forger of lightning), see C. Hulsen, The Roman Forum (Eng. trans. by J. B. Carter, 1906), p. 150.
L. Scribonius Libo, was the father-in-law of Sextus Pompey, the son of Pompey the Great. On the breaking out of the civil war in 49, he sided with Pompey, and was given command of Etruria. Shortly afterwards he accompanied Pompey to Greece, and was actively engaged in the war that ensued. On the death of Bibulus (48) he had the given command of the Pompeian fleet. In the civil wars following Caesar's death, he followed the fortunes of his son-in-law Sextus Pompey. In 40, Octavian married his sister Scribonia, and this marriage was followed by a peace between the triumvirs and Pompey (39). When the war was renewed in 36, Libo for a time supported Pompey, but, seeing his cause hopeless, he deserted him in the following year. In 34, he was consul with Mark Antony.
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Arminius
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Denar, RIC 3, p.273, 749 var. - Faustina II, Ustrinum Diva Faustina Junior
Denarius, Rome, 176-180.
Obv.: DIVAE FAVSTIN AVG MATR CASTOR Veiled and draped bust of Faustina Junior to right.
Rev. CONSECRATIO Ornamented funerary monument of four stories with biga atop.
AR, 19mm, 3.26g, 6h
Ref.: BMC 701, Cohen 81, RIC 749 var., CRE210 [R2]
shanxi
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Emmett 0950 - Hadrian AE Drachm Alexandria. Castor & PolluxThe Dioscuri standing facing each other, each holding spear and sword. Date L I H
Reference: Curtis-Milne - (BMC 706). Emmett 950.18, D.1684 ; G.1113;
Kampmann-Ganschow 32.581
Pedigree: Harmer Rooke, New-York city, Dattari sale 5-27-71 part of lot 544
mattpat
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Gallo-Roman Figural Votive Plaque c. 3rd Century AD #7Gallo-Roman Figural Votive Plaque c. 3rd Century AD #7
Such artifacts are also referred to as "Danube Rider" or "Danube Mystery Cult" plaques,
Rectangular type: above, fish swimming left
The 1st Tier: Writhing snakes facing inward and feeding on an urn/chalice. To left, bust of Luna on the crescent moon; to right, radiate bust of Sol.
The 2nd Tier: A pair of mounted horsemen (Castor and Pollux) each proceeding inward and flanking the standing facing figure of Epona, the sole Celtic divinity ultimately worshipped in Rome itself as the patroness of cavalry. To left, forepart of a ram, one leg raised; to right, a togate (?) figure. Beneath the horsemen, a pair of trampled enemies, supine, facing each other, one arm expended.
3rd Tier: left to right; tripod, eagle-topped standard, a man kneeling left, hanging rabbit in a small tree, three pellets above an amphora, and a cockerel standing left on a ram's skull (bucranium).
diameter: 74x85mm, weight:
mint: ,
ref:
Q-001quadrans
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Geta Caesar CASTORP SEPT GETA - CAES PONT
Bare-headed bust draped right
R/ CASTOR
Castor standing half-left, beside horse left, holding sceptre
Denar struck 199/204 in Rom
20 mm -- 3,45 g -- axis 180°
RIC.6 Cohen 12
Note the decoration on horse headgb29400
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Geta Castor RIC IV 6Geta as Caesar, silver denarius, 204 AD, Rome, 2.925g, 18.4mm, Axis 0, RIC IV 6 (S); RSC III 12; BMCRE V p. 196, 216; Hunter III 4; SRCV II 7169, VF,
OBV: P SEPT GETA CAES PONT, boy's bare-headed, draped (not cuirassed) bust right, from behind;
REV: CASTOR, Castor, naked except for chlamys over shoulder, standing beside horse facing right with right foreleg raised, reins in right, scepter in left;
ex: Harlan J. Berk, Forvm Ancient Coins,
unusual and scarce type only 20 specimens in the Reka Devnia Hoard;
scarce;
Castor and Pollux were the twin sons of Leda and Zeus/Tyndareus (Pollux's father was Zeus, Castor's was Tyndareus) and the brothers of Helen of Troy and Clytemnestra.
They are known collectively in Greek as the Dioskouroi ("sons of Zeus") and in Latin as the Gemini ("twins") or Castores.
SRukke
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Geta, 198 - 212 ADObv: P SEPT GETA CAES PONT, bare-headed, draped bust of Geta facing right.
Rev: CASTOR, Geta as Castor standing left, in front of a horse which he holds by the reigns with his right hand and a scepter in his left.
Silver Denarius, Rome mint, 204 AD
3.6 grams, 19 mm, 180°
RIC IVi 6, RSC 12, S7169, VM 3Matt Inglima
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Gordian III, Marcianopolis
MOESIA INFERIOR, Marcianopolis. Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ Tetrassarion (26mm, 8.81 g, 7h). Tullius Menophilus, legatus consularis. Struck AD 239-240. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Castor standing left, holding scepter and horse by bridle behind. H&J, Marcianopolis 6.36.24.1; Varbanov 1919. Near VF, green surfaces, some roughness. Rare.ecoli
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GREEK, Cilicia, Kelenderis, Stater c. 425 - 350 B.C.Silver stater, SNG Levante 23 (same dies); SNG Cop 83 (same dies); SNGvA 5631 (same dies); BMC Lycaonia p. 54, 20 ff. var. (no dolphin); SNG BnF 66 var. (same), VF, superb style, well centered, light toning, 10.685g, 20.9mm, 270o, Kelenderis mint, c. 425 - 350 B.C.; obverse nude horseman facing sidesaddle on horse rearing right, whip in right; reverse KELEN, goat kneeling right, looking back, dolphin right in exergue.
Kelenderis was a port town, one of the oldest in Cilicia, described in Hellenistic and Roman sources as a small, but strong castle. The rider on the obverse may be Castor, who was not only a horse trainer but also the protector of sailors, an appropriate type for a port town.
*With my sincere thank and appreciation , Photo and Description courtesy of FORVM Ancient Coins Staff.
From The Sam Mansourati Collection.Sam
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Ionia, Priene - AE 20150-125 BC
helmeted head of Athena right
facing owl standing on amphora, star above pileus on both sides (caps of Castor and Polydeuces)
ΠPI_H
AXIΛΛEI / ΔHΣ
REGLING PRIENE 166/167; SNG AUL 2156; BMC 48
6,1g 20,5mm
My first greek coin.J. B.
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Istros Drachm #1 TriptychGreek (Classical). Moesia, Istros AR Drachm (5.34g, 19mm, 3h), 4th century BCE.
Obv: Two facing youthful male heads, the right inverted.
Rev: IΣTPIH. Sea-eagle left, grasping dolphin with talons. Behind eagle, to right: H. Below dolphin: inverted Δ.
Ref: Dima Group IV, Subgroup III, 5; AMNG I 431; cf. SNG BM Black Sea 244, 245.
Prov: Ex-Gitbud & Naumann GmbH, Pecunem 19 (Munich, 6 Jul 2014), Lot 58.
Notes: For my other Istros Drachm #2 Triptych, see: https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=180796
An enigmatic coin, the meaning of its anti-parallel heads is a mystery. The design is apparently unique in the classical world; nothing comparable is found elsewhere. One popular theory interprets them as the twin Dioscuri, Castor and Pollux. Others propose philosophical dualities, rising and setting sun, or twin branches of the Danube. A Journal of the History of Astronomy article (Saslaw & Murdin 2004 [LINK]) proposed that the heads are of the sun god Apollo and represent the solar eclipse visible at Istros in 434 BCE, approximately when the series is believed to have begun.
Presently most often described as a Drachm, but previously classified as a Stater by Seaby/Sear (1951/1978). Frequently well over 5 grams (and often well over 6 grams, occasionally approaching 7), it is considerably larger than an Attic Drachm (4.25g), but considerably smaller than a Corinthian Stater (about 8.5g) or the contemporary, if geographically remote, Carthaginian Stater (7.2g). When a standard is suggested now, it is usually the Aeginetic Standard. Yet these coins are often significantly heavier than actual Aegina Drachms, and were struck long after the last turtles.
[ALT: Black Sea District; Istrus]Curtis JJ
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Italy, Sicily, Agrigento - Temple of Castor and Polluxbuilt +- 450 BCJ. B.
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Italy- Forum Romanum- Basilica Emilia- Frisco with everyday lifeThe Basilica Julia was built in 54-48 BCE by Julius Caesar as a part of his reorganisation of the Forum Romanum, where it replaced the Basilica Sempronia. It is located on the S. side of the main square of the Forum Romanum, between the Temple of Saturn and the Temple of Castor and Pollux.
Julius Caesar started construction in 54 BCE, but it was still unfinished at his death. It was built on the site of the Basilica Sempronia and a series of shops, the tabernae veteres, that were all demolished.
Augustus finished the building after Caesar's death, but had to reconstruct it again shortly after, due to its destruction by fire in 9 BCE. It was dedicated again in 2 BCE, this time in the name of Gaius Caesar and Lucius Caesar, Augustus' designated heirs at the time.
The basilica was later damaged much by the fire in 283 CE, and restored a few years after by Diocletian. It was again destroyed when Alaric sacked the city in 410 CE.
The Basilica Julia was of huge proportions. The basilica rested on a low podium, seven steps high on the E. side and just one on the W. side, due to the sloping terrain. Of outer dimensions 101×49m, the central nave of the basilica was 82×18m. The four lateral aisles, two on each side, were two storeys high, with vaulted ceiling and arches decorated by semi-columns. The central nave was three storeys high.
A series of shops stood behind the basilica towards the Velabrum. A Temple of Augustus was also built in the area behind the basilica by Tiberius.
The function of the Basilica Julia was to house tribunals and other activities from the Forum when weather didn't permit outdoor meetings. The central nave probably divided in four by wooden removable structures to allow the hearing of more cases at a time. The basilica also housed some administrative offices of the city.
Game boards and graffiti are incised in the steps and in the pavement of the side aisles by idling visitors to the Forum. Some of this can still be seen on the side of the main square of the forum.
The building was in ruin already in late Antiquity, and subsequently stripped of all reusable material, i.e., almost everything.
Very little of the building remains now. The basic floor plan can be seen, and some parts of brick walls remain towards the Temple of Saturn, some bases of statues still in their original position, and the four step podium remain. The brick column bases are reconstructions of the 19th century.
Peter Wissing
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Italy- Rome- Forum Romanum and Temple of the Castors remainsThe Temple of the Castors was dedicated by Postumius to the Dioscuri, demigods who, according to legend, appeared on the Roman Forum to announce the victory of the Romans over the Tarquins in 494 B.C. The temple was erected by Postumius' son on January 27, 484 B.C. The temple underwent many transformations throughout the centuries. At one point, Tiberius dedicated it with the names of him and his brother Druso. There is some dispute over the origins of the remains of the temple. Some think the three columns are from restorations by Trajan, while others hold that they are from restorations by Tiberius.
Peter Wissing
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Italy- Rome- Forum Romanum and the temple of CastorsTemple of the Castors
The Temple of the Castors was dedicated by Postumius to the Dioscuri, demigods who, according to legend, appeared on the Roman Forum to announce the victory of the Romans over the Tarquins in 494 B.C. The temple was erected by Postumius' son on January 27, 484 B.C. The temple underwent many transformations throughout the centuries. At one point, Tiberius dedicated it with the names of him and his brother Druso. There is some dispute over the origins of the remains of the temple. Some think the three columns are from restorations by Trajan, while others hold that they are from restorations by Tiberius.
Peter Wissing
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Italy- Rome- Forum Romanum Basilica JuliaThe Basilica Julia was built in 54-48 BCE by Julius Caesar as a part of his reorganisation of the Forum Romanum, where it replaced the Basilica Sempronia. It is located on the S. side of the main square of the Forum Romanum, between the Temple of Saturn and the Temple of Castor and Pollux.
Julius Caesar started construction in 54 BCE, but it was still unfinished at his death. It was built on the site of the Basilica Sempronia and a series of shops, the tabernae veteres, that were all demolished.
Augustus finished the building after Caesar's death, but had to reconstruct it again shortly after, due to its destruction by fire in 9 BCE. It was dedicated again in 2 BCE, this time in the name of Gaius Caesar and Lucius Caesar, Augustus' designated heirs at the time.
The basilica was later damaged much by the fire in 283 CE, and restored a few years after by Diocletian. It was again destroyed when Alaric sacked the city in 410 CE.
The Basilica Julia was of huge proportions. The basilica rested on a low podium, seven steps high on the E. side and just one on the W. side, due to the sloping terrain. Of outer dimensions 101×49m, the central nave of the basilica was 82×18m. The four lateral aisles, two on each side, were two storeys high, with vaulted ceiling and arches decorated by semi-columns. The central nave was three storeys high.
A series of shops stood behind the basilica towards the Velabrum. A Temple of Augustus was also built in the area behind the basilica by Tiberius.
The function of the Basilica Julia was to house tribunals and other activities from the Forum when weather didn't permit outdoor meetings. The central nave probably divided in four by wooden removable structures to allow the hearing of more cases at a time. The basilica also housed some administrative offices of the city.
Game boards and graffiti are incised in the steps and in the pavement of the side aisles by idling visitors to the Forum. Some of this can still be seen on the side of the main square of the forum.
The building was in ruin already in late Antiquity, and subsequently stripped of all reusable material, i.e., almost everything.
Very little of the building remains now. The basic floor plan can be seen, and some parts of brick walls remain towards the Temple of Saturn, some bases of statues still in their original position, and the four step podium remain. The brick column bases are reconstructions of the 19th century.
Peter Wissing
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Italy- Rome- Forum Romanum The Basilica of Majencio and the temple of CastorsThe Basilica of Maxentius (Basilica Maxentii) or the Basilica of Constantine (Basilica Constantini) was the last of the great civilian basilicas on the Roman Forum. The ruins of the basilica is located between the Temple of Amor and Roma and the Temple of Romulus, on the Via Sacra.
The construction of the basilica was initiated by Maxentius in 308 CE, and finished by Constantine after he had defeated Maxentius in the battle of the Milvian Bridge in 312 CE. As other similar buildings, it was destined for commercial and administrative activities. It is likely that the basilica housed the offices of the Prefect of the City, the highest imperial official in late antiquity.
The site chosen for the basilica was on the Velia, a low ridge connecting the Esquiline Hill and the Palatine Hill. Large parts of the Velia was levelled in preparation for the construction of the basilica. Literary sources tell that earlier the site was occupied by the Horrea Piperatica, the central market and storage facility for pepper and spices, built in the time of Domitian. Also on the site was a sanctuary of the penates publici which had to be moved.
The Basilica of Maxentius is built with arches, which is very atypical. All the other public basilicas had flat ceilings supported by wooden beams. The construction techniques used borrowed more from the great imperial baths than from the traditional basilica.
The basilica is one of the most impressive buildings on the Forum Romanum. The ground plan is rectangular, oriented E.-W., covering an area of 100×65m divided into a central nave and to lateral aisles and an atrium on the E. side where the original entrance was.
The central nave measured 80×25m and was covered by three groin vaults with a maximum height of 35m, supported by eight monolithic Corinthian columns of 14.5m. Each of the two aisles was made up of three interconnected coffered vaults, 20.5m wide and 24m high, communicating with the central nave by three huge openings.
Light was provided by two rows of three large windows in five of the six lateral vaults, and by windows in the sides of the now collapsed cross vaults over the central nave. The windows in two of the vaults in the surviving N. side of the building give a good idea of the amount of light inside the building.
The floor in both the central and the lateral spaces were a geometric pattern of squares with circles and lozenges of multi-coloured marble, similar to the floor in the Pantheon.
The walls were in opus latericium, originally with a marble veneer. The vaults were in opus caementicium with a gilded stucco finish. The roof was covered with gilded bronze tiles.
The entrance of the original project of Maxentius was to the east, from a branch of the old Via Sacra behind the Temple of Amor and Roma. It lead into an elongated atrium, connected to the central nave and the lateral aisles by five gateways.
In the W. end was a huge apse, 20m in diameter, where a colossal seated statue of Maxentius stood. This statue was later changed to look like Constantine. The statue was an acrolith (the head, hands and feet were of marble, while the rest was of other materials), and the remains of the statue were found in 1486 in the apse.
Constantine changed the plan when he took over the unfinished basilica. He had a another entrance added on the S. side, on the Via Sacra, where a monumental stairway led to a porch of four porphyry columns and via three double doorways into the central part of the S. aisle. In front of this new entrance, in the central vault of the N. aisle, another apse was added, smaller than the apse in the W. end. In back of this apse a niche held a standing statue of Constantine, and smaller, square-headed niches, two rows of four niches on each side, which might have housed a gallery of Constantine's relatives and lieutenants. This room could be closed by wooden doors, and it is likely the central part of the office of the Prefect of the City was there.
Of the original building only the three vaults of the N. aisle remain, devoid of all decorations. The vaults of the S. and central nave probably collapsed under an earthquake in c. 847. The floor plan is clearly visible, however, and the remaining structures give a vivid impression of the grandeur of the original edifice.
The remains of the Colossal Statue of Constantine I are in the courtyard of the Palazzo dei Conservatori on the Campidoglio, and one of the columns from the central nave was moved to the Piazza Santa Maria Maggiore in 1614. The remaining columns have disappeared. The bronze tiles from the roof were reused for the first Basilica of Saint Peter.
Peter Wissing
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Italy- Rome- Forum Romanum the temple of CastorsThe Temple of the Castors was dedicated by Postumius to the Dioscuri, demigods who, according to legend, appeared on the Roman Forum to announce the victory of the Romans over the Tarquins in 494 B.C. The temple was erected by Postumius' son on January 27, 484 B.C. The temple underwent many transformations throughout the centuries. At one point, Tiberius dedicated it with the names of him and his brother Druso. There is some dispute over the origins of the remains of the temple. Some think the three columns are from restorations by Trajan, while others hold that they are from restorations by TiberiusPeter Wissing
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Italy- Rome- The Palatino and view of the 3 columns of the temple of the CastoresPalatine Hill
The Palatine Hill (Latin Palatium) is the centermost of the seven hills of Rome and is one of the most ancient parts of the city of Rome in Italy.
Legend tells us that Rome has its origins on the Palatine. Indeed, recent excavations show that people lived there since approximately 1000 BC. According to Roman mythology, the Palatine hill was where Romulus and Remus were found by the she-wolf that kept them alive. According to this legend, the shepherd Faustulus found the infants and, with his wife, Acca Larentia, raised the children. When they were older this is where Romulus decided to build Rome. (See Founding of Rome for a more detailed account of the myth.)
The emperors of Rome built their palaces on the Palatine. The ruins of the palaces of Caesar Augustus, Tiberius and Diocletianus are still to be seen. The term 'palace' itself stems from Palatium.
Palatine hill is some 70 meters high and looks down on one side upon the Forum Romanum and on the other side upon the Circus Maximus. The site is now a large open-air museum and can be visited during day time. The entrance can be found near the Arch of Titus on the Forum Romanum.
Peter Wissing
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Italy- Rome- The Palatino and view of the 3 columns of the temple of the Castores and view of the temple of SaturnPalatine Hill
The Palatine Hill (Latin Palatium) is the centermost of the seven hills of Rome and is one of the most ancient parts of the city of Rome in Italy.
Legend tells us that Rome has its origins on the Palatine. Indeed, recent excavations show that people lived there since approximately 1000 BC. According to Roman mythology, the Palatine hill was where Romulus and Remus were found by the she-wolf that kept them alive. According to this legend, the shepherd Faustulus found the infants and, with his wife, Acca Larentia, raised the children. When they were older this is where Romulus decided to build Rome. (See Founding of Rome for a more detailed account of the myth.)
The emperors of Rome built their palaces on the Palatine. The ruins of the palaces of Caesar Augustus, Tiberius and Diocletianus are still to be seen. The term 'palace' itself stems from Palatium.
Palatine hill is some 70 meters high and looks down on one side upon the Forum Romanum and on the other side upon the Circus Maximus. The site is now a large open-air museum and can be visited during day time. The entrance can be found near the Arch of Titus on the Forum Romanum.
Peter Wissing
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Jordan, Petra, Al-Khazneh" or The TreasuryAl-Khazneh is one of the most elaborate temples in Petra, a city of the Nabatean Kingdom. As with most of the other buildings in this ancient town, including the Monastery, this structure was carved out of a sandstone rock face. The structure is believed to have been the mausoleum of the Nabatean King Aretas IV in the 1st century A.D. It is one of the most popular tourist attractions in both Jordan and the region. It became known as "Al-Khazneh", or The Treasury, in the early 19th century by the area's Bedouins as they had believed it contained treasures. Many of the building's architectural details have eroded away during the two thousand years since it was carved and sculpted from the cliff. The sculptures are thought to be those of various mythological figures associated with the afterlife. On top are figures of four eagles that would carry away the souls. The figures on the upper level are dancing Amazons with double-axes. The entrance is flanked by statues of the twins Castor and Pollux who lived partly on Olympus and partly in the underworld. Joe Sermarini
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Kelenderis, Cilicia, Stater c. 425 - 350 B.C.Silver stater, SNG Levante 23 (same dies); SNG Cop 83 (same dies); SNGvA 5631 (same dies); BMC Lycaonia p. 54, 20 ff. var. (no dolphin); SNG BnF 66 var. (same), VF, superb style, well centered, light toning, 10.685g, 20.9mm, 270o, Kelenderis mint, c. 425 - 350 B.C.; obverse nude horseman facing sidesaddle on horse rearing right, whip in right; reverse KELEN, goat kneeling right, looking back, dolphin right in exergue.
Kelenderis was a port town, one of the oldest in Cilicia, described in Hellenistic and Roman sources as a small, but strong castle. The rider on the obverse may be Castor, who was not only a horse trainer but also the protector of sailors, an appropriate type for a port town.
*With my sincere thank and appreciation , Photo and Description courtesy of FORVM Ancient Coins Staff.
From The Sam Mansourati Collection.Sam
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L. Scribonius Libo - AR denariusRome
²67 BC / ¹62 BC
diademed head of Bonus Eventus right
BON·EVENT / LIBO
Puteal Scriboniarum (Scribonian well) ornamented with garland and two lyres, hammer at base
PVTEAL
SCRIBON
¹Crawford 416/1a, RSC I Scribonia 8a, Sydenham 928, SRCV 367
²Mark Passehl - Roman moneyer & coin type chronology, 150 – 50 BC
4,1g 19mm
ex Roma Numismatics
The reverse of this coin depicts the Puteal Scriboniarum which L. Scribonius Libo renovated. According to ancient sources, the Puteal Scriboniarum was a bidental, that is, a spot which had been struck by lightning. It took its name from its resemblance to the low enclosure around a well (puteus) that was between the Temple of Castor and Pollux and the Temple of Vesta, near the Porticus Julia and the Arcus Fabiorum (arch of the Fabii). The praetor’s tribunal was convened nearby, having been removed from the comitium in the 2nd century BC. It thus became a place where litigants, money-lenders and business people congregated. Foundations of well were discovered during excavations in 1950. Bonus Eventus, originally the god of success in trade and agriculture who should ensure good harvest, bacame later the god of luck and happy end. He could commemorate recent event - the end of Catilinarian conspiracy.J. B.
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Lydia, Philadelphia. Caligula AE18. DioscuriObv: ΓAIOΣ KAIΣAΡ, bare head right, star behind
Rev: ΦIΛAΔEΛΦEΩN ..., laureate and jugate busts of the Dioscuri right.
Older references identify imperial family members on the reverse but RPC identifies them as Dioscuri. RPC notes, "That the jugate busts probably do not represent Germanicus and Agrippina I, Germanicus and Agrippina as Apollo and Artemis, or Apollo and Artemis (see BMC; Imhoof-Blumer, LS, pp. 116-117; Trillmich, Familienpropaganda der Kaiser und Claudius, pp. 130-131) since the further figure can sometimes be seen to be laureate (e.g. 2023/1 = BMC 53). It must therefore be male, and the two interpreted as the Dioscuri, who had previously appeared on the coinage of Philadelphia." The Dioscuri are also found on the imperial coinage of Caligula. In addition, since the magistrate named on the reverse is a priest, religious symbolism would be appropriate. The facial features of the reverse busts do, however, resemble members of the family of Caligula. Perhaps the they are Nero and Drusus Caesars as the brothers Castor and Pollux.
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Massenzio, follis (309 d.C.) zecca di OstiaFollis di Massenzio (306-312 d.C.), zecca di Ostia, I officina, seconda metà del 309.
AE, 4,55 gr, 26 mm. , BB
D/ IMP C MAXENTIVS PF AVG, Massenzio, capo laureato a dx.
R/ AETE-RNITAS AVG N, Dioscuri, Castore e Polluce, con una stella sopra il capo, nudi e con la clamide sulla spalla, rivolti l'uno verso l'altro: si appoggiano con una mano a uno scettro e con l'altra tengono, ciascuno, un cavallo imbrigliato. Tra di essi, la Lupa rivolta a sinistra e Romolo e Remo. In esergo MOSTA.
RIC VI Ostia 16
Provenienza: collezione Berardengo, Roma Italia (28 marzo 2008, numero catalogo 54), ex collezione Massimo Campani (Studio Tintinna, Canossa Reggio Emilia Italia, fino al 2008).paolo
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MaxentiusAE (7,14g - 26mm)
obv. IMP C MAXENTIVS P F AVG
laureate head right
rev. AETERNITAS AVG N, the Dioscuri Castor and Pollux standing facing each other, each holding sceptre and holding a horse by the bridle
in exergue. MOSTS
mint Ostia
Struck 309 AD
RIC VI Ostia 14HolgerG
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MaxentiusMaxentius, castor, pollux, romulus, remus and the she wolfChance Vandal
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Maxentius RIC 16Obv: IMP C MAXENTIVS P F AVG
laureate head right
Rev: AETE-RNITAS A-VG N,
The Dioscurs Castor and Pollux,standing facing each other,
each with star above, nude but chlamys hanging from shoulder,
leaning on sceptres & holding horses by bridles, she-wolf & twins between them
MOSTΔ in ex.
25mm 6.28gmOWL365
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Maxentius - AE follisOstia
309-312 AD
laureate head right
IMP C MAXENTIVS P F AVG
Castor and Pollux, each with star above cap, chlamys over shoulder, leaning on scepter with outer arm, holding bridled horse with inner hand
AETE_RNITAS__AVG N
MOSTS
RIC 35; Cohen 5; Sear 14975
6,3g 23mm
ex JiÅ™í MilitkýJ. B.
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Maxentius 306-312 CE, Ostia mint, Æ 22mm x 26 mm, 6.41 gm., FollisMaxentius 306-312 CE, Ostia mint, Æ 22mm x 26 mm, 6.41 gm., Follis
Obverse: IMP C MAXENTIVS P F AVG, laureate head right
Reverse: AETERNITAS AVG N, Castor and Pollux (The Dioscuri) standing facing one another, holding horses to center & spears to outside, MOSTΓ in ex.
Reference: S3776, RIC 35 of Ostia. Daniel F
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MAXENTIUS AE follis - 312 ADobv:IMP.C.MAXENTIVS.PF.AVG (laureate head right)
rev:AETER-NITAS.-AVG.N (Castor and Pollux - the Dioscuri facing one another, holding horses to center & spears to outside) / MOSTS in ex.
ref:RIC VI-Ostia35, C.10, Sear 3776, Van Meter 15
6.41gms, 25mmberserker
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Maxentius AE Follis, Ostia Obv. IMP C MAXENTIVS P F AVG, laureate head right
Rev. AETE-RNITAS AVGN, Castor and Pollux standing facing each other, each leaning on sceptre and holding bridled horse
NOSTS in exergueSkyler
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Maxentius AETERNITAS AVG N from OstiaMaxentius
A.D. 309
25mm 6.4g
IMP C MAXENTIVS P F AVG; laureate head right.
AETERNITAS AVG N; Castor and Pollux standing facing each other, each leaning on sceptre with outer left arm and holding bridled horse, she-wolf with twins between them.
In ex. MOSTΓ
RIC VI Ostia 16
Victor C
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Maxentius AETERNITAS AVG N from Ostia...modifiedMaxentius
A.D. 309- 312
20mm 4.3g
IMP C MAXENTIVS P F AVG; laureate head right.
AETERNITAS AVG N; Castor and Pollux standing facing each other, each leaning on sceptre with outer left arm and holding bridled horse.
In ex. MOSTS
RIC VI Ostia 35
likely modified for use as a solidus weight
Victor C
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Maxentius as Augustus, AE Follis.Ostia 309-312 A.D. 6.20g - 23.8mm, Axis 6h.
Obv: IMP C MAXENTIVS PF AVG - Laureate head right.
Rev: AETE-RNITAS-AVG N - The Dioscuri Castor and Pollux standing facing each other, each holding sceptre and holding a horse by the bridle. Mintmark MOSTP.
RIC V-I, 35, P; Cohen 5; Sear 14975.
Christian Scarlioli
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Maxentius FollisMaxentius Follis. Ostia mint. IMP C MAXENTIVS P F AVG, laureate head right / AETE-RNITAS A-VGN, Castor and Pollux standing facing each other, each leaning on sceptre and holding bridled horse.
Ostia RIC 14Tanit
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Maxentius FollisMaxentius Follis. Ostia mint. IMP C MAXENTIVS P F AVG, laureate head right / AETE-RNITAS A-VGN, Castor and Pollux standing facing each other, each leaning on sceptre and holding bridled horse.
Ostia RIC 14Tanit
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Maxentius FollisMaxentius Follis. Ostia mint. IMP C MAXENTIVS P F AVG, laureate head right / AET-ERNITAS A-VGN, Castor and Pollux standing facing each other, each leaning on sceptre and holding bridled horse/ MOSTQ in ex.
Ostia RIC 35Tanit
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Maxentius FollisMaxentius Æ Follis.
Obv: IMP C MAXENTIVS P F AVG, laureate head right
Rev: AETERNITAS AVG N, Castor and Pollux facing one another, holding horses to center & spears to outside, MOSTS in ex.
RIC 35 of Ostia. Tanit
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Maxentius FollisMaxentius. 306-312 AD. Æ Follis. Struck 309 AD. Ostia mint.
IMP C MAXENTIVS P F AVG, laureate head right / AETE-RNITAS A-VGN, Castor and Pollux standing facing
each other, each leaning on sceptre with outer left arm and holding bridled horse with inner arm; MOST.
RIC VI 14.Tanit
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Maxentius RIC VI, Ostia 16Maxentius AD 306-312, son of Maximianus
AE - Follis, 6.80g, 24mm
Ostia 1st officina, middle to late 309
obv. IMP C MAXENTIVS PF AVG
bust, laureate, r.
rev. AET - ERNITAS - AVG N
The dioscurs Castor and Pollux, each with a star above cap, nude but for chlamys
hanging from shoulder, standing facing each other, each leaning on sceptre with outer
arm and holding bridled horse with inner arm; she-wolf with twins between them.
MOSTA in ex.
RIC VI, Ostia 16; C.10
about EF
added to www.wildwinds.com
Jochen
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Maxentius RIC VI, Ostia 35Maxentius, AD 306-312, son of Maximianus
AE - Follis, 5.55g, 26mm
Ostia, 2nd officina, AD 309-Oct. 312
obv. IMP C MAXENTIVS PF AVG
Head, laureate, r.
rev. AETE - RNITAS - AVG N
The Dioscurs, Castor and Pollux, each with star above his cap, stg. looking at
each other, nude except chlamys hanging down from their shoulders, resting
with outer arm on sceptre and holding with the other hand bridled horses.
in ex. M[OS]TS
RIC VI, Ostia 35
good F-about VF
Jochen
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Maxentius, 306 - 312 ADObv: IMP C MAXENTIVS PF AVG, laureate head of Maxentius facing right.
Rev: AETERNITAS AVG N, Dioscuri, Castor and Pollux, standing facing each other, each holding a horse by the bridle; MOSTQ in exergue.
Billon Follis, Ostia mint, 309 - 312 AD
7.1 grams, 24 mm, 180°
RIC VI 35, S14975, VM 14Matt Inglima
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Maxentius, 306-312 AD. AE Follis, Ostia, AD 309. R1 RareIMP C MAXENTIVS PF AVG, laureate head right /
AETERNITAS AVG N, the Dioscuri Castor and Pollux, each with a star above their caps, naked but for chlamys hanging from shoulder, standing facing each other, each leaning on sceptre and holding horse's bridle; she-wolf with twins between them.
Mintmark: MOSTΓ
RIC VI Ostia 16; Cohen 10.
25mm.,6.36g., _4600EAntonivs Protti
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Maxentius, AD 307-312AE Follis, 27.11mm (5.59 gm).
IMP C MAXENTIVS P F AVG, laureate head right / AETE-RNITAS A-VG N, Castor and Pollux, wolf and twins left between them, each with star above cap, naked but for chlamys hanging from shoulders, standing facing each other, each leaning on sceptre with outer arm and holding bridled horse with inner arm; MOSTΔ in exergue. Ostia mint, struck AD 309.
RIC VI, 16 Ostia (pg. 403).
socalcoins
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Maxentius, AE follisMaxentius. 278-312.
Ostia. 309-312 AD.
6.59g/25mm
IMP C MAXENTIVS P F AVG, laureate head right
AETERNITAS AVG N, the Dioscuri Castor and Pollux standing facing each other, each holding sceptre and holding a horse by the bridle. Mintmark MOSTS.
References: RIC 35; Cohen 5; Sear 14975.
AAHMRL
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Postumius Albinus. 96 BC. DenariusPostumius Albinus. 96 BC.
ROMA / X Laureate head of Apollo r., star.
A ALBINVS S F Dioscuri watering horses at fountain, crescent.
Cr. 335/10a; RSC Postumia 5. Rare.
The Romans believed that the Dioscuri twins aided them on the battlefield. The construction of the Temple of Castor and Pollux, located in the Roman Forum at the heart of their city, was undertaken to fulfil a vow sworn by Aulus Postumius Albus Regillensis in gratitude at the Roman victory in the Battle of Lake Regillus . According to legend, the twins fought at the head of the Roman army and subsequently brought news of the victory back to Rome. After battle, they were also seen watering their horses and that scene is represented on this coin.
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RIC 6 GetaEmperor: Geta
Date: 200-202 AD
Type: AR Denarius
Weight: 3.08 grams
Diameter: 20mm
Obverse: P SEPT GETA CAES PONT; Bust of Geta, bare-headed, draped, right.
Reverse: CASTOR; Castor, naked except for cloak, standing left in front of horse, which he holds by reins in right hand, and holding spear or sceptre in left hand.
References: RIC 6, RSC 12
Provenance: Iber Coin: Auction 38David Fischer
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RIC 6, p.404, 35 - Maxentius, dioscouri Maxentius
Follis, 309-312, Ostia.
Obv.: IMP C MAXENTIVS P F AVG, bust, laureate
Rev: The dioscouri Castor and Pollux, standing holding horses, MOSTQ.
RIC VI 35
AE, 5.94g, 24.3mm
shanxi
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ROMAN EMPIRE PROVINCIAL, Hadrian, Tripolis, Phoenicia11.4 grams
obv: Bust right
rev: Busts right of the Dioscuri, jugate
Note: "The Disocuri were Castor and Polydeuces (or Pollux), the twin sons of Leda and Zeus and the brothers of Helen of Troy." - James Hunter
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ROMAN EMPIRE, City Commemorative, URBS ROMA, AD 306-337- Petit bronze, Constantin I, Trèves, 306-337 (Bronze) 20
Avers : Buste casqué et cuirassé de Rome à gauche. VRBS - ROMA.
Revers : La Louve à gauche allaitant Rémus et Romulus. Au-dessus, les deux étoiles des Dioscures (les Gémeaux, Castor et Pollux). TRS.
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ROMAN EMPIRE, Geta Caesar CASTORP SEPT GETA CAES PONT
his draped bust right
R/ CASTOR
Castor standing half-left, beside horse left, holding sceptre
denarius 3,45 g
Cohen. 12 RIC. 6
the ornament between the horse ears is to notice
gb29400
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ROMAN EMPIRE, Maxentius FollisMaxentius AE or silvered follis 307-312 A.D. Obverse: IMP C MAXENTIVS PF AVG; Laureate head of Maxentius right. Reverse: AETERNITAS AVG N, in exergue MOSTP; The Dioscuri, Castor and Pollux, standing facing each other, each holding a bridled horse and scepter. 24-25 mm. Mint: Ostia. RIC VI 35.James Anderson
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ROMAN EMPIRE, Maxentius FollisObv: IMP C MAXENTIVS P F AVG
laureate head right
Rev: AETE-RNITAS A-VG N,
The Dioscurs Castor and Pollux,standing facing each other,
each with star above, nude but chlamys hanging from shoulder,
leaning on sceptres & holding horses by bridles, she-wolf & twins between them
MOSTΔ in ex.
RIC VI : 16.
25mm 6.28gm
 OWL365
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ROMAN EMPIRE, Maxentius, FollisReduced follis, 5.4 gm. 24.4 mm.
Obv: IMP C MAXENTIVS P F AVG
Laureate head, right.
Rev: AET_ERNITAS A_VG N
The Dioscuri (Castor and Pollox) standing naked with Chlamys over shoulder and leaning on scepter, facing each other while each restains a horse.
Minted between 309-312 at Ostia. mm: MOSTT, RIC VI, 35.
Comment: Pollox on the right seems especially happy!
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Roman Provincial: Hadrian, AE25 Tetrassarion.Hadrian, AE25 Tetrassarion, Phoenicia, Tripolis 117 A.D. 9.72g - 25mm.
Obv: AVTOK KAICAP AΔPAINOC CEB - Laureate bust right, aegis on far shoulde.
Rev: ΤΡIΠOΛEITΩΝ - Jugate laureate and draped busts of the Dioscuri (Castor & Pollux) right, each wearing pileus surmounted by star, HKY (date) behind.
Ref: SNG Cop 280; BMC 48.
Provenance: Chris Scarlioli Collection.
Christian Scarlioli
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ROMAN REPUBLIC, AR Denarius, "Anonymous Gens"Mint:Roma
206/194 BC
Dimensions:20.6mm/3.56grms
Obverse:Anépigraph
Reverse: ROMA/Star symbol
Réf:RRC113/1
Conservation:TB+
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Roman Republic, L. Sempronius Pitio Denarius - Dioscuri Galloping (Syd 402)AR Denarius
Rome, 148 BC
3.75g
Obv: Helmeted head of Roma (R), behind, PITIO and below chin, X
Rev: The Dioscuri, Castor and Pollox, galloping (R) below horses,
L.SEMP and below ROMA in partial tablet.
Sydenham 402, Crawford 216/1, RBW 926
Naville Numismatics Auction 40Optimo Principi
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Roman Republic, Q. Marcius Libo Denarius - Dioscuri Galloping (Syd 395)AR Denarius
Rome, 148 BC
3.65g
Obv: Helmeted head of Roma R, behind, LIBO and below chin, X
Rev: The Dioscuri, Castor and Pollox, galloping R below horses,
Q·MARC and ROMA in partial tablet.
Sydenham 395. Crawford215/1. RBW 915
ex. Elvira Clain Stefanelli (1914-2001) collection, curator of the National Numismatics Collection at the Smithsonian
Stacks 1979 LOT 1113
Bequeathed to James Madison University after Sawhill's death and sold again by Stacks.
Stacks March 5/6 1971 LOT 409 sold to John A. Sawhill (1892-1976) of James Madison University.
ex. Massachusetts Historical Society
ex. Adams Presidential Family Numismatic CollectionOptimo Principi
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T. Quinctius - AR denariusRome
²110 BC / ¹112-111 BC
laureate bust of Hercules left, wearing lion-skin and holding club
Desultor galloping left, his second horse at his side
TI rat (control symbol) Q
• over N
D•S•S incuse on tablet
¹Crawford 297/1b, SRCV I 174, RSC I Quinctia 6, Sydenham 563
²Mark Passehl - Roman moneyer & coin type chronology, 150 – 50 BC
3,8g 17mm
D.S.S. is believed to stand for "de Senatus sententia," referring to the Senate's role in providing the Ludi Apollinares - equestrian games in honor of Apollo. It was at these games that desultors, bridles and whip in hand, mounted two bare-backed horses, riding one of them and leading another, and then at full gallop leaped alternately from one horse to the other many times, changing positions with amazing agility. Young Romans, some of the highest rank, not content with driving the biga or quadriga, carried these exercises to the utmost excess. The Roman desultor wore a pileus and by managing two horses honored the memory of Pollux representing his deceased (missing) brother Castor, as well as himself.J. B.
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Temple of Castor & PolluxThree remaining columns of the Temple of Castor and Pollux in RomeJay GT4
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The DioscuriIn Greek mythology, Castor (or Kastor) and Pollux (sometimes called Polydeuces) were the twin sons of Leda and the brothers of Helen of Troy and Clytemnestra. They are known as the Gemini, Latin for twins. According to Liddell and Scott's Lexicon, kastor is Greek for "beaver", and poludeukeis means "very sweet".
Polydeuces was a powerful boxer, and Castor a great horseman.
In Roman mythology, Castor was venerated much more often than Polydeuces. He was known as Castore.
When Theseus and Pirithous kidnapped their sister Helen and carried her off to Aphidnae, the twins rescued her and counter-abducted Theseus' mother, Aethra. They also accompanied Jason on the Argo; during the voyage, Polydeuces killed King Amycus in a boxing match.
When Astydameia, queen of Iolcus, offended Peleus, the twins assisted him in ravaging her country.
Castor and Polydeuces abducted and married Phoebe and Hilaeira, the daughters of Leucippus. In return, Idas and Lynceus, nephews of Leucippus (or rival suitors), killed Castor. Polydeuces was granted immortality by Zeus, and further persuaded Zeus to share his gift with Castor. (In some accounts, only Polydeuces was fathered by Zeus, while Leda and her husband Tyndareus conceived Castor. This explains why only Polydeuces was granted immortality.) Accordingly, the two spend alternate days as gods on Olympus and as deceased mortals in Hades.
Their festival was on July 15. They had their own temple in the Roman Forum: see Temple of Castor and Pollux.
Compare with Amphion and Zethus of Thebes, with Romulus and Remus of Rome, the Alcis of Germanic Mythology and with the Asvins of Vedic Mythology. Some have supposed a general Indo-European origin for the myth of the divine twins.
The constellation Gemini is said to represent these twins, and its brightest stars Castor and Pollux (α and β Geminorum) are named for them. There are also ancient sources which identify them with the morning and evening stars
ecoli
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Thrace * Moesia, Istrus * 400 - 350 BC. Silver Stater
Thrace * Moesia, Istrus * 400 - 350 BC. Silver Stater
Obv: Double male heads facing - tête-bêche, left inverted. Dioscurii * Castor & Polydeuces (Pollux)
Rev: Sea-Eagle flying left, attacking a dolphin with extended talons. IS TPIH above, . (Pellet) center, below the Eagle and above the dolphin; AG monogram below in area of exergue.
Size: ca. 18.5 mm.
Weight: 5.0 grams
Die axis: 0 degs.
SNG BMC Black Sea 246
BMC-3.25, 8
AMNG 417
Tiathena
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THRACE, ISTROS AR DrachmOBVERSE: Facing male heads, the left inverted (Polydeuces Castor and Pollucs (AKA Dioskuri)
REVERSE: Sea-eagle left, grasping dolphin with talons; ISTRIH above, Q between wing and tail, K beneath dolphin
Struck at Istros, 400-300BC
5.3g, 19mm
AMNG 434Legatus
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Trajan Temple OctostyleTRAJAN (Marcus Ulpias Trsisnus) Emperor 98 - 117 AD- Octastyle Temple, 26.7mm, 11.38g
Obverse: (IMP CAES NERVAE) TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P Laureate Head Right
Reverse: SPQR OPTIMO PRINCIPI, S.C. Octastyle temple pax standing within. Scarce type in the SPQR series.
A temple could be tetrastyle (having four columns on the front), hexastyle (six, Temples of Saturn, Vespasian, Concord, Divine Julius),
octastyle (eight, Temple of Castor and Pollux), or decastyle (ten, Temple of Venus and Rome). Octastyle is the rarest found on Roman Coins.
SCARCESRukke
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Unique Antoninus Pius, as Caesar, AE Großbronze (34mm) from Hadrianopolis, Varbanov 3145 (this coin) = RPC 11165 (Temp)Roman Provincial. Thrace, Hadrianopolis, under Antoninus Pius as Caesar, AE Großbronze (Tetrassarion?) (34mm, 21.25g, 6h), 138 CE.
Obv: ΑV ΚΑΙ Τ ΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ. Bare head of Antoninus right.
Rev: AΔΡIANOΠOΛEIT. Nude male figure (one of the Dioscuri, Castor?) standing, holding reins (and spear?), restraining horse standing left behind him.
Ref: RPC IV.1 11165 [LINK] = Varbanov 3145. See also Wildwinds pages (corr., cited as Moushmov 2498) for Thrace, Hadrianopolis [LINK] & Antoninus Pius [LINK].
Prov: Ex Conti Collection (CNG EA 524 [28 Sep 2022], Lot 311, corr. [provenance & publication]); CNG 61 (25 Sep 2002), Lot 1021; Classical Cash MBS 1 (Matt Kruezer, Boston, 13 May 1995), Lot 1116, corr. (“Possibly Macedonia…Apparently unpublished and probably important”).
Notes: The only known example. Interestingly, it first appeared that Varbanov (vol II, 3145) had published a second specimen. However, on close inspection, it appears his illustration was edited from the same photo used in CNG Auction 61, but with the periphery altered & other "improvements" (to see how: [imgur LINK).
Wildwinds gives the obverse legend as: AV K AIT AIΛ ΔOM ANTΩNEINOC. RPC gives the following reverse: ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ. Comparing to other contemporary types, I wonder if the rev. legend was truncated on this type, maybe dropping the final two letters?Curtis JJ
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