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0083 - Denarius Vargunteia 130 BCObv/Helmeted head of Roma r., behind M VARG, before crossed X.
Rev/Jupiter in slow quadriga r., ROMA in ex.

Ag, 20.5mm, 3.90g
Moneyer: M. Vargunteius.
Mint: Rome.
RRC 257/1 [dies o/r: 107/134] - Syd. 507 - RCV 133
ex-Madrid Coin Market
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0185 - As Augustus 2-1 BCObv/ AVGVSTVS DIVI F, bare head of A. r.
Rev/ C VAR RVF SEX IVL (P)OL II VIR Q, pontifical instruments (aspergillum, simpullum, ax and apex).

AE, 28.9 mm, 12.88 g
Mint: Carthago Nova.
APRH/167a [36 dies] – RPC I/167
ex-AENP Numismatic Convention, Madrid, march 2014 (Miró)
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0186 - Denarius Augustus 19-18 ACObv/ Oak-wreathed head of Augustus r.
Rev/ Shield (clipeus votivus) inscribed CL V; around, S P Q R; above and below CAESAR AVGVSTVS; to both sides, laurel branches.

Ag, 18.1 mm, 3.80g
Mint: Colonia CaesarAugusta (?)
RIC I/36a [R3] - BMCRE I/354
ex-AENP Numismatic Convention, Madrid, march 2014 (Herrero)
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0226 1 Real Fernando VI 1758 ACObv/ Coat of arms, RI and crowned M on left, JB and dots on right. Around, FERDINANDUS - VI - D - G
Rev/ Castles and lions divided by cross, around HISPANIARUM REX 1758

Ag, 21.2 mm, 2.91 g
Mint: Madrid
Cy 98/9640 - Cy/10345
ex-Cayón, speed auction 55, lot 9613
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0238 - 1/2 Real Fernando VI (year ?)Obv/ Coat of arms, crowned M and JB to the sides, around, FERDINAND - VI - D - G
Rev/ Castles and lions divided by cross; around, (HISPA)NIARUM - REX - (illegible date)

Ag, 14.9 mm, 0.94 g
Mint: Madrid
Cy98/9460 to 9545
Gifted, early 1990's
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035 - Domitian Denarius - RIC II (Old) - Addenda (L. A. Lawrence Coll.) would be after 106Obv:- IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM P M TR P VII, Laureate Head Right
Rev:- COS - XIIII, Minerva standing left, holding thunderbolt and scepter, shield at side
Minted in Rome. A.D. 88
Reference:- BMC P. 324 Note (L. A. Lawrence Coll.). RIC II (Old) Addenda (L. A. Lawrence Coll.) would be after 106. RSC 66a. RIC II (New) 554 (R2), citing Madrid and Helbing 63, 1931, 537, no photo in RIC. (Thanks to Curtis Clay for the RIC II (New) reference.)
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1641 / 1652 Felipe IV1641 / 1652 AD, Felipe IV, Madrid (?), 8 Maravedis. Clemente-Cayon 5088 / 5093 var. (?).Molinari
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201a. Julia DomnaIn Rome, when the worship of Cybele, as Magna Mater, was formally initiated in 203 BC, Rome was embroiled in the Second Punic War. The previous year, an inspection had been made of the Sibylline Books, and some oracular verses had been discovered that announced that if a foreign foe should carry war into Italy, he could be driven out and conquered if the Mater Magna were brought from Pessinos to Rome. Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica was ordered to go to the port of Ostia, accompanied by all the matrons, to meet the goddess. He was to receive her as she left the vessel, and when brought to land he was to place her in the hands of the matrons who were to bear her to her destination, the Temple of Victory on the Palatine Hill. The day on which this event took place, 12 April, was observed afterwards as a festival, the Megalesian. (Livy, History of Rome, circa AD 10)

In Rome, her Phrygian origins were recalled by Catullus, whose famous poem on the theme of Attis includes a vivid description of Cybele's worship: "Together come and follow to the Phrygian home of Cybele, to the Phrygian forests of the goddess, where the clash of cymbals ring, where tambourines resound, where the Phrygian flute-player blows deeply on his curved reed, where ivy-crowned maenads toss their heads wildly."

Roman devotion to Cybele ran deep. Not coincidentally, when a Christian basilica was built over the site of a temple to Cybele, to occupy the site, it was dedicated as the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore.

The worship of Cybele penetrated as far as Mauretania, where, just outside Setif, the ceremonial "tree-bearers" and the faithful (religiosi) restored the temple of Cybele and Attis after a disastrous fire in AD 288. Lavish new fittings paid for by the private group included the silver statue of Cybele and the chariot that carried her in procession received a new canopy, with tassels in the form of fir cones. (Robin Lane Fox, Pagans and Christians, p 581.)

Today, a monumental statue of Cybele can be found in one of the principal traffic circles of Madrid, the Plaza de Cibeles (illustration, upper right).

In Roman mythology, Magna Mater deorum Idaea ("great Idaean mother of the gods") was the name for the originally Phrygian goddess Cybele, as well as Rhea.

Her cult moved from Phrygia to Greece from the 6th century to the 4th. In 205 BC, Rome adopted her cult.

Julia Domna Denarius. 212 AD. IVLIA PIA FELIX AVG, draped bust right / MATRI DEVM, Cybele standing left, leaning on column, holding drum & scepter, lion at foot. RSC 137. RIC 382
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Barbarians: Gallic Hero Vencingetorix as Pavor?Roman Republic. L. Hostilius Saserna AR Denarius (3.57g, 19mm, 12h), Rome, 48 BCE.
Obv: Bearded bust of captive Gallic warrior with wild, corded hair (Vercingetorix as Pavor?) and chain around neck, facing right; to left, a Gallic shield.
Rev: L•HOSTILIVS / SASERNA. Two naked Gallic warriors in galloping biga right, one driving, holding whip in right hand and reins in left, and the other facing backward, holding shield in left hand and brandishing spear in right.
Ref: Crawford 448/2a; Hostilia 2; Sydenham 952.
Prov: Tauler y Fau 65 (Madrid, 6 Oct 2020), 1276.

Notes: This coin forms a pair with the other Hostilius Saserna Denarius in my Gallery -- and a trio with the Caesar "captives" Denarius. Two years later, Julius Caesar struck his Gallic captives & trophy series denarii, depicting the same two figures on the reverse (full-bodied, rather than just the head).

Reluctant as I am to disagree with Crawford (he does NOT believe it's Vercingetorix!), I do find it quite plausible that Vercingetorix is depicted here (possibly "as Pavor," or Dread). During the Republican & Early Empire the Romans were fond of building up the legends of their enemies, especially once defeated. Gallic warriors seem to hold a special fascination on Roman Republican coinage, so it might be even more surprising if they hadn't used the opportunity to boast of the most magnificent of their "trophy captives."
Curtis JJ
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CaligulaRoman Empire
Caius Caesar "Caligula"
(Reign as 3rd Emperor of the Roman Empire 37-41 AD)
(b. 12 AD, d. 41 AD)


Obverse: C CAESAR AVG GERMANICVS IMP, Laureate head of Caligula facing left

Reverse: SEGO BRIGA within wreath




Bronze As
Minted in Segobriga, Spain 37-41 AD



Translations:

C CAESAR AVG GERMANICVS IMP = Caius Caesar Emperor Germanicus Imperator(Commander-in-Chief)

SEGO BRIGA = Segobriga, Spain (near Madrid)



References:
RPC 476
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Caracalla Zeus Throwing ThunderboltCaracalla, Traianopolis, Thrace, 209 - 217 AD, 19mm, 3.4g, Schoenert-Geiss (47), Varbanov 2873?,
OBV: M AVRHL ANTWNEINOC K, bare headed and draped bust right
REV: naked Zeus, standing front, looking left, right arm raised, holding thunderbolt in left arm, border of dots.

Schoenert-Geiss (47):
She cites two examples: 18-20mm, 3.77gr in Berlin Museum in the Bernhard-Imhoof collection and 19mm, 4.22 gr in Madrid.
NOTE:
As an additional footnote she writes, "the coin listed under Thracian Traianopolis in SNG Evelp page 30, 1039 as Caracalla belongs to Marcus Aurelius and was probably not struck in Thrace.

RARE
SRukke
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Heracles and the Stymphalian birds. Detail of a Roman mosaic from Llíria, Spain.The Stymphalian birds are man-eating birds with beaks of bronze, sharp metallic feathers they could launch at their victims, and poisonous dung.

"These fly against those who come to hunt them, wounding and killing them with their beaks. All armour of bronze or iron that men wear is pierced by the birds; but if they weave a garment of thick cork, the beaks of the Stymphalian birds are caught in the cork garment, just as the wings of small birds stick in bird-lime. These birds are of the size of a crane, and are like the ibis, but their beaks are more powerful, and not crooked like that of the ibis." — Pausanias. Description of Greece, 8.22.5

These birds were pets of Artemis, the goddess of the hunt; or had been brought up by Ares, the god of war. They migrated to a marsh in Arcadia to escape a pack of wolves. There they bred quickly and swarmed over the countryside, destroying crops, fruit trees, and townspeople.

The Sixth Labour of Heracles. The Stymphalian birds were defeated by Heracles (Hercules) in his sixth labour for Eurystheus. Heracles could not go into the marsh to reach the nests of the birds, as the ground would not support his weight. Athena, noticing the hero's plight, gave Heracles a rattle called krotala, which Hephaestus had made especially for the occasion. Heracles shook the krotala (similar to castanets) on a certain mountain that overhung the lake and thus frightening the birds into the air. Heracles then shot many of them with feathered arrows tipped with poisonous blood from the slain Hydra. The rest flew far away, never to plague Arcadia again. Heracles brought some of the slain birds to Eurystheus as proof of his success.

The surviving birds made a new home on an island of Aretias in the Euxine Sea. The Argonauts later encountered them there.

According to Mnaseas, they were not birds, but women and daughters of Stymphalus and Ornis, and were killed by Heracles because they did not receive him hospitably. In the temple of the Stymphalian Artemis, however, they were represented as birds, and behind the temple there were white marble statues of maidens with birds' feet.
Joe Sermarini
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Italian States. Genoa. Republic.Biaggi 835, MIR II Varesi 16, CNI III p3, 1 et seq.;

AR denaro; 81 g., 16.43 mm. max., 180°

The type struck from 1139-1339 in the name of Conrad III (1138-1152). The silver content ranged from a fineness of up to 0.366 gr. in 1441 to up to 0.176 gr. in 1335. This coins is a Baldassarri Group IIIa (=Metcalf IIIc) and was struck ca. 1210-1240.

Obv: + • I A • N V • A •, central castle.

Rev: CVNRADI REX, central cross pattée.

"The symbol in the obverse field of Genoa’s denaro is referred to variously as a castle or gateway, but it was almost certainly a gate rather than a castle . . . In Latin, the term ‘Ianua’ simply means ‘gate’ or ‘gateway,’ and the image was no doubt intended as a symbolic representation of the city’s name." Day, William R. Jr. "The Petty Coinage Of Genoa Under The Early Doges, 1339-1396," XIII Congreso internacional de numismática (Madrid, 15-19 septiembre 2003): Actas – Proceedings – Actes, eds C. Alfaro, C. Marcos & P. Otero, 2 vols (Madrid: Ministerio de cultura, 2005), 1295-1304, at 1296 n.3.

Conrad III, founder of the Hohenstaufen dynasty, was never crowned Holy Roman Emperor, and styled himself “King of the Romans.” In 1139 he granted Genoa the right to mint coins.
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L. Cassius Caeicianus, DenarL. Cassius Caeicianus, Denar

RRC: 321/1
102 bc
3,74 gr

AV: CAEICIAN, Draped bust of Ceres left wearing barley-wreath
RV: L CASS(I), 2 yoked oxen, •N above

ex Künker, Auktion 318, Lot 887, 11.03.2019
Reported as ex Jesus Vico, Madrid 2009, Nr. 235.
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Matidia, niece of Trajan, mother of SabinaÆ Sestertius (25.51g, Ø35mm, 6h), Rome mint. Struck AD 113-117.
MATIDIA AVG DIVAE MARCIANAE F, draped diademed bust of Matidia facing right.
PIETAS AVGST (around) S C (in ex.), Pietas standing left, placing her hands on the heads of two children.
RIC (Trajan) 761 [R3]; Cohen 11 (350 Fr.); Foss (Roman Historical Coins) 107:112
ex Ibercoins, Madrid

Matidia was the daughter of Trajan's sister Marciana and thus niece of Trajan, born about AD 68. She assumed the title of Augusta upon the death of her mother in 112. On reverse, Matidia, as Pietas, with her daughters Matidia the younger and Sabina, future wife of Hadrian. After her death in 119, a temple was dedicated to her on the forum of Trajan.
3 commentsCharles S
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PHILIP III, SPAINca. 1619
AE 4 Maravides 18 mm max; 2.74 g
Lion/Castle
Madrid mint
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RIC 16 Ancient counterfeitA typical silver-foil plated Ancient counterfeit. Two other unoffical coins with the same dies are known to me, one in the Madrid coin cabinet. The VICTORIA OTHONIS reverse should be united with a long obverse legend die with an early Otho coiffure. The legend cannot be seen from this specimen, but the hair is clearly of the very late type. This incorrect combination immediately reveals the forgery. Both dies appear to be copies of official ones.
2.39 gr, max 18 mm, die-axis 8.
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RIC 564 DomitianAR Denarius, 3.25g
Rome mint, 88 AD
Obv: IMP CAESAR DOMITIAN AVG GERMANICVS; Head of Domitian, laureate, bearded, r.
Rev: COS XIIII across field; Minerva stg. r. on capital of rostral column, with spear and shield; to r., owl (M2)
RIC 564 (R2). BMC p. 328 *. RSC 68. BNC -.
Ex CNG E490, 21 April 2021, lot 296. From the Peter J. Merani Collection, purchased from Sam Kazmi.

This denarius is part of a short lived but remarkable issue struck in early 88. It features an extremely rare obverse legend (notice the full spelling of GERMANICVS and DOMITIAN) combined with the simple design of COS XIIII across the reverse field. Also of note, the TR P and IMP numbers are absent. Only a handful of specimens are known with RIC citing 3 examples from Berlin, Madrid, and a private collection. Missing from both the BM and Paris collections. All the coins from the series are struck on large flans in fine style.
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RIC 592 DomitianAR Denarius, 3.02g
Rome mint, 88 AD
Obv: IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM P M TR P VII; Head of Domitian, laureate, bearded, r.
Rev: IMP XV COS XIIII CENS P P P; Minerva stg. r. on capital of rostral column, with spear amd shield; to r., owl (M2)
RIC 592 (R2). BMC -. RSC -. BNC -.
Acquired from eBay, May 2020. Formerly in ANACS holder 6241625, grade F 15, Damaged.

On 1 January 88 Domitian still held his 14th imperial acclamation, but soon he was to rack up three more by the year's end. This denarius is dated by his 15th imperial acclamation, presumably from a Dacian campaign battle, awarded sometime in late summer just before the new title TR P VIII is recorded on the coinage in mid September. The issue from which this coin was struck is quite rare, indicating a very small period of time it could have been struck, perhaps just a few weeks. Missing from the BM and Paris collections. RIC cites one in Madrid and another in a private collection.

Damaged, but nicely toned.
1 commentsDavid Atherton
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SpainKm766 - 10 centimos - 1941 (Nationalist Government)
Km790 - 10 centimos - 1959
Km651 - 50 centimos - 1870 (3rd Decimal)
Km777 - 50 centimos - 1949
Y27.2 - 1 Real - 1859 (Decimal coinage) (Madrid – 6 pointed star)
Y47.1 - 10 Escudos - 1868 (Madrid) (2nd Decimal coinage) (Fake)
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Spain - 1623 - 4 MaravedisSpain, Madrid
Four Maravedis
1623
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Spain - 1904 - V - 2cSpain, Alphonso XIII - 1904 V - 2 c - Madrid Mint.
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ALSO IF ANYONE KNOWS WHAT MINT THE ' V ' is for, let me know please!
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Spain - 1904 - V - 2c - US 1/4 Dollar for size comparisonSpain, Alphonso XIII - 1904 V - 2 c = Madrid Mint.
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SPAIN - Charles IIISPAIN - Charles III (1759-1788) SIlver 2 Reales, 1788. Madrid mint.
Obv.: CAROLVS III D. G. around bust right; date 1788 below bust.
Rev.: Crowned arms of Spain, flanked by 2 - R; Crowned M - M. HISPANIARVM REX.
Reference: KM-38.1
dpaul7
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SPAIN - Jose NapoleonSPAIN - Jose Napoleon (1808-1813) AR 4 Reales, 1811. Obv.: Bust left, .IOSEPH.NAP. DEI.GRATIA. 1811. Reverse: Crowned arms (with French eagle centered), HISPANIARUM ET IND. REX. (crowned)M . A.I. Madrid mint. Reference: KM#540.1dpaul7
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SPAIN - PHILIP IVType of currency: 2 MARAVEDIS
Mint: MADRID Ensayador And Year: 1663 Measurement: c. 14 mm
obverse: PHILIPPVS · IIII · D · G around a bust of the king to rights
reverse: HISPANIARVM · REX 1663· around a shield crowned with a lion to left value II to the right, ensayador and to left and mint M underneath
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Spain, Charles III, 1759 - 1788Obv: CAROL . III . D . G . HISP . R . 1788, bust of Charles III facing right.

Rev: No legend, crowned oval shield in collar of The Golden Fleece, at left crowned M and M (assayer: Manuel de Lamas) at right.

Gold Half Escudo, Madrid mint, 1788 (with faint traces of a 7 under the last 8)

1.8 grams, 14.57 mm
Matt Inglima
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Spanish MedievalMadrid mint.
1591(?)
8 Maravedis
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Trajan, RIC 761, for Matidia, Sestertius of AD 112-117 (Pietas)Æ Sestertius (25.51g, Ø35mm, 6h), Rome mint. Struck AD September 112-117.
MATIDIA AVG DIVAE MARCIANAE F, draped diademed bust of Matidia facing right.
PIETAS AVGST (around) S C (in ex.), Pietas standing left, placing her hands on the heads of two children.
RIC (Trajan) 761 [R3]; Cohen 11 (350 fr.); BMC 1088; MIR 730 var.1 (33 spec.); Strack 521; Banti 1 (20 spec.); Foss (Roman Historical Coins) 107:112
ex Ibercoins, Madrid

Matidia was the daughter of Trajan's sister Marciana and thus niece of Trajan, born about AD 68. She assumed the title of Augusta upon the death of her mother in 112. On reverse, Pietas symbolizes Matidia with her daughters Matidia the younger and Sabina, future wife of Hadrian. After her death in 119, a temple was dedicated to her on the forum of Trajan.
5 commentsCharles S
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Two Captives-and-Trophy: Julius Caesar Denarius & the Beginning of a MotifRoman Republican/Imperatorial. Julius Caesar (Dictator, 49-44 BC). AR Denarius (3.70g, 20mm, 12h). Spain, 46/45 BC.
Obv: Head of Venus to right, wearing stephane; Cupid behind shoulder. Rev: Trophy of Gallic arms, composed of helmet & cuirass, oval shield & two carnyxes. Two Gallic captives seated at base, to left, a female (Gallia) in posture of mourning, head resting in r. hand; to right, a bearded male (Vercingetorix), hands bound behind him, looking to l. CAESAR in exergue. Ref: Craw 468/1; CRI 58; RSC 13; Syd 1014. Prov: Ex-Tauler y Fau 70 (Madrid, 24 Nov 2020) Lot 79.
Notes: The rev. figures are traditionally identified as those portrayed on the pair of Hostilius Saserna AR Denarii, c. 48 BC, depicting Gallia and Vercingetorix.
This coin became the archetype for Roman numismatic depictions of captives for the next 400 years.
Curtis JJ
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