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Denarius - Denarius - 58 BC.
M. AEMILIVS SCAVRVS & P. PLAVTIVS HVPSAEVS - Gens Aemilia & Plautia
Obv.:M. SCAVR AED CVR - EX S C - REX ARETAS Nabatean king Aretas kneeling before camel, holding olive branch
Rev.: P HVPSAE AED CVR - CAPTV - C HVPSAE COS PREIVE, Jupiter in quadriga left holding thunderbolt and reins; scorpion to left.
Gs. 4,1 mm. 16,65x17,40
Cr422/1b, Sear RCV 379

1 commentsMaxentius
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Hadrian Travel Series AR Den. 3.46 gm. AFRICA reclining l. holding scorpion & cornucopia, basket of fruit at feet, elephant-trunk headdress. RIC 2991 commentspaul1888
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15 Hadrian Denarius - Travel SeriesHADRIAN
AR “Travel Series” Denarius (2.8g); 136 AD.
HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, Laureate head right / AFRICA, Africa reclining left holding scorpion & cornucopiae, basket of grain at feet
Sear 3459 vars, RIC 299, RSC 138
Note: underweight, but appears genuine
RI0093
1 commentsSosius
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SPAIN
PB Tessera (13mm, 1.28 g)
Scorpion
Blank
Apparently unpublished
Ardatirion
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(02) AUGUSTUS27 BC - 14 AD
AE 18.8 mm; 2.73 g
O: Capricorn right, star above
R: Scorpion left, star in field
Cyprus mint; RPC I 3916; SNG Cop.-
(ex Forum)
laney
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(502a) Roman Republic, L. Calpurnius Piso Frugi, 90 B.C.Silver denarius, S 235, Calpurnia 11, Crawford 340/1, Syd 663a, VF, rainbow toning, Rome mint, 3.772g, 18.5mm, 180o, 90 B.C. obverse: laureate head of Apollo right, scorpion behind; Reverse naked horseman galloping right holding palm, L PISO FRVGI and control number CXI below; ex-CNA XV 6/5/91, #443. Ex FORVM.


A portion of the following text is a passage taken from the excellent article “The Calpurnii and Roman Family History: An Analysis of the Piso Frugi Coin in the Joel Handshu Collection at the College of Charleston,” by Chance W. Cook:

In the Roman world, particularly prior to the inception of the principate, moneyers were allotted a high degree of latitude to mint their coins as they saw fit. The tres viri monetales, the three men in charge of minting coins, who served one-year terms, often emblazoned their coins with an incredible variety of images and inscriptions reflecting the grandeur, history, and religion of Rome. Yet also prominent are references to personal or familial accomplishments; in this manner coins were also a means by which the tres viri monetales could honor their forbearers. Most obvious from an analysis of the Piso Frugi denarius is the respect and admiration that Lucius Calpurnius Piso Frugi, who minted the coin, had for his ancestors. For the images he selected for his dies relate directly to the lofty deeds performed by his Calpurnii forbearers in the century prior to his term as moneyer. The Calpurnii were present at many of the watershed events in the late Republic and had long distinguished themselves in serving the state, becoming an influential and well-respected family whose defense of traditional Roman values cannot be doubted.

Lucius Calpurnius Piso Frugi, who was moneyer in 90 B.C., depicted Apollo on the obverse and the galloping horseman on the reverse, as does his son Gaius. However, all of L. Piso Frugi’s coins have lettering similar to “L-PISO-FRVGI” on the reverse, quite disparate from his son Gaius’ derivations of “C-PISO-L-F-FRV.”

Moreover, C. Piso Frugi coins are noted as possessing “superior workmanship” to those produced by L. Piso Frugi.

The Frugi cognomen, which became hereditary, was first given to L. Calpurnius Piso, consul in 133 B.C., for his integrity and overall moral virtue. Cicero is noted as saying that frugal men possessed the three cardinal Stoic virtues of bravery, justice, and wisdom; indeed in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae, a synonym of frugalitas is bonus, generically meaning “good” but also implying virtuous behavior. Gary Forsythe notes that Cicero would sometimes invoke L. Calpurnius Piso’s name at the beginning of speeches as “a paragon of moral rectitude” for his audience.

L. Calpurnius Piso Frugi’s inclusion of the laureled head of Apollo, essentially the same obverse die used by his son Gaius (c. 67 B.C.), was due to his family’s important role in the establishment of the Ludi Apollinares, the Games of Apollo, which were first instituted in 212 B.C. at the height of Hannibal’s invasion of Italy during the Second Punic War. By that time, Hannibal had crushed Roman armies at Cannae, seized Tarentum and was invading Campania.

Games had been used throughout Roman history as a means of allaying the fears
of the populace and distracting them from issues at hand; the Ludi Apollinares were no different. Forsythe follows the traditional interpretation that in 211 B.C., when C. Calpurnius Piso was praetor, he became the chief magistrate in Rome while both consuls were absent and the three other praetors were sent on military expeditions against Hannibal.

At this juncture, he put forth a motion in the Senate to make the Ludi Apollinares a yearly event, which was passed; the Ludi Apollinares did indeed become an important festival, eventually spanning eight days in the later Republic. However, this interpretation is debatable; H.H. Scullard suggests that the games were not made permanent until 208 B.C. after a severe plague prompted the Senate to make them a fixture on the calendar. The Senators believed Apollo would serve as a “healing god” for the people of Rome.

Nonetheless, the Calpurnii obviously believed their ancestor had played an integral role in the establishment of the Ludi Apollinares and thus prominently displayed
the head or bust of Apollo on the obverse of the coins they minted.

The meaning of the galloping horseman found on the reverse of the L. Calpurnius Piso Frugi coin is more complicated. It is possible that this is yet another reference to the Ludi Apollinares. Chariot races in the Circus Maximus were a major component of the games, along with animal hunts and theatrical performances.

A more intriguing possibility is that the horseman is a reference to C. Calpurnius Piso, son of the Calpurnius Piso who is said to have founded the Ludi Apollinares. This C. Calpurnius Piso was given a military command in 186 B.C. to quell a revolt in Spain. He was victorious, restoring order to the province and also gaining significant wealth in the process.

Upon his return to Rome in 184, he was granted a triumph by the Senate and eventually erected an arch on the Capitoline Hill celebrating his victory. Of course
the arch prominently displayed the Calpurnius name. Piso, however, was not an infantry commander; he led the cavalry.

The difficulty in accepting C. Calpurnius Piso’s victory in Spain as the impetus for the galloping horseman image is that not all of C. Piso Frugi’s coins depict the horseman or cavalryman carrying the palm, which is a symbol of victory. One is inclined to believe that the victory palm would be prominent in all of the coins minted by C. Piso Frugi (the son of L. Calpurnius Piso Frugi) if it indeed signified the great triumph of C. Calpurnius Piso in 186 B.C. Yet the palm’s appearance is clearly not a direct reference to military feats of C. Piso Frugi’s day. As noted, it is accepted that his coins were minted in 67 B.C.; in that year, the major victory by Roman forces was Pompey’s swift defeat of the pirates throughout the Mediterranean.

Chrestomathy: Annual Review of Undergraduate Research at the College of Charleston. Volume 1, 2002: pp. 1-10© 2002 by the College of Charleston, Charleston SC 29424, USA.All rights to be retained by the author.
http://www.cofc.edu/chrestomathy/vol1/cook.pdf


There are six (debatably seven) prominent Romans who have been known to posterity as Lucius Calpurnius Piso:

Lucius Calpurnius Piso Frugi: (d. 261 A.D.) a Roman usurper, whose existence is
questionable, based on the unreliable Historia Augusta.

Lucius Calpurnius Piso Licinianus: deputy Roman Emperor, 10 January 69 to15 January
69, appointed by Galba.

Lucius Calpurnius Piso: Consul in 27 A.D.

Lucius Calpurnius Piso: Consul in 1 B.C., augur

Lucius Calpurnius Piso: Consul in 15 B.C., pontifex

Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus: Consul in 58 B.C. (the uncle of Julius Caesar)

Lucius Calpurnius Piso Frugi: Moneyer in 90 B.C. (our man)


All but one (or two--if you believe in the existence of "Frugi the usurper" ca. 261 A.D.) of these gentlemen lack the Frugi cognomen, indicating they are not from the same direct lineage as our moneyer, though all are Calpurnii.

Calpurnius Piso Frugi's massive issue was intended to support the war against the Marsic Confederation. The type has numerous variations and control marks.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucius_Calpurnius_Piso
http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/indexfrm.asp?vpar=55&pos=0

Edited by J. P. Fitzgerald, Jr.


2 commentsCleisthenes
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0059 - Denarius Hadrian 136 ACObv/HADRIANVS AVG COS III PP, Hadrian laureate head r.
Rev/AFRICA, Africa, with elephant-skin headdress, reclining l., leaning on rock, holding scorpion and cornucopiae; in front of her, basket of fruit.

Ag, 18.2mm, 3.22g
Mint: Rome.
RIC II/299 [S] - BMCRE 822 - RSC 139
ex-Lockdales, auction 65, lot 706 (ex-colln. 1920s)
dafnis
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016a01. HadrianDenarius. “Travel Series” issue. 19mm, 3.14 g. Rome Mint. Obv: HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P. Laureate bust right, with slight drapery.
Rev: AFRICA. Africa, wearing elephant skin headdress and holding scorpion and cornucopia, reclining left on rock; basket of grain ears to left. RIC 299.
lawrence c
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032 Hadrianus (117-138 A.D.), RIC II 0299, Rome, AR-Denarius, AFRICA, Africa reclining left,032 Hadrianus (117-138 A.D.), RIC II 0299, Rome, AR-Denarius, AFRICA, Africa reclining left,
avers:-HADRIANVS-AVG-COS-III-P-P, Laureate head right.
revers:-AFRICA, Africa reclining left wearing elephant headdress, holding scorpion and cornucopiae, basket of grain at feet.
exerg: -/-//--, diameter: mm, weight: g, axes: h,
mint: Rome, date: 136 A.D., ref: RIC II 299, p-374, RSC 138, BMCRE 816,
Q-001
quadrans
Hadrian_AR-Den_HADRIANVS-AVG-COS-III-P-P_AFRICA_RIC-II-_C-_-AD_Q-001_axis-h_mm_g-s.jpg
032 Hadrianus (117-138 A.D.), RIC II 0299var, Rome, AR-Denarius, AFRICA, Africa reclining left,.032 Hadrianus (117-138 A.D.), RIC II 0299var., Rome, AR-Denarius, AFRICA, Africa reclining left,
avers:-HADRIANVS-AVG-COS-III-P-P, Laureate bust right, with draped and aegis far shoulder.
revers:-AFRICA, Africa reclining left wearing elephant headdress, holding scorpion and cornucopiae, basket of grain at feet.
exerg: -/-//--, diameter: mm, weight: g, axes: h,
mint: Rome, date: 136 A.D., ref: RIC II 299var., p-374, RSC 141, BMCRE 816,
Q-001
quadrans
Septimius-Severus_AR-Den_SEVERVS-PIVS-AVG_AFRICA_RIC-IV-I-254-p-160_C-31_-AD_Q-002_1h_18-19mm_3,24g-s.jpg
049 Septimius Severus (193-211 A.D.), Rome, RIC IV-I 254, AR-Denarius, AFRICA, Africa reclining left, Scarce! #1049 Septimius Severus (193-211 A.D.), Rome, RIC IV-I 254, AR-Denarius, AFRICA, Africa reclining left, Scarce! #1
avers: SEVERVS PIVS AVG, Laureate bust right.
reverse: AFRICA, Africa, wearing elephant-skin head-dress, reclining left with scorpion and cornucopia, the basket of corn-ears before.
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 18,0-19,0mm, weight: 3,24g, axis: 1h,
mint: Rome, date: 201-210 A.D.,
ref: RIC IV-I 254, RSC 31, BMCRE 310, Sear 6261, Scarce!
Q-001
1 commentsquadrans
049_Septimius_Severus_RIC_IV-I_254,_AR-Den,_SEVERVS_PIVS_AVG,_AFRICA,_Reclining,_RSC-31,_BMC,310,_Sear_6261,_Roma,_202-210_AD,_S,_Q-001,_7h,_18,5-19,9mm,_3,59g-s.jpg
049 Septimius Severus (193-211 A.D.), Rome, RIC IV-I 254, AR-Denarius, AFRICA, Africa reclining left, Scarce! #2049 Septimius Severus (193-211 A.D.), Rome, RIC IV-I 254, AR-Denarius, AFRICA, Africa reclining left, Scarce! #2
avers: SEVERVS PIVS AVG, Laureate bust right.
reverse: AFRICA, Africa, wearing elephant-skin head-dress, reclining left with scorpion and cornucopia, the basket of corn-ears before.
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 18,5-19,9mm, weight: 3,59g, axis: 7h,
mint: Rome, date: 201-210 A.D.,
ref: RIC IV-I 254, RSC 31, BMCRE 310, Sear 6261, Scarce!
Q-002
1 commentsquadrans
058_BC-_M_Aemilius_Scaurus_and_P_Plautius_Hypsaeus_AR_Denarius__King_Aretas_of_Nabataea,_Cr422-1b,_Syd_914,_Aemilia9a_Q-001_8h_17,5-18mm_3,73g-s.jpg
058 B.C., M. Aemilius Scaurus and P. Plautius Hypsaeus, Republic AR-Denarius, Crawford 422/1b, Jupiter in quadriga left, #1058 B.C., M. Aemilius Scaurus and P. Plautius Hypsaeus, Republic AR-Denarius, Crawford 422/1b, Jupiter in quadriga left, #1
avers: King Aretas of Nabataea kneeling right by camel, offering the olive branch, M•SCAVR/AED CVR above, EX-S•C to sides, REX ARETAS in exergue.
reverse: Jupiter in quadriga left, scorpion beneath horses' forelegs, P•HVPSAE AED CVR above, C•HVPSAE COS PREIVE in exergue, CAPTV on right.
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 17,5-18,0mm, weight: 3,73g, axis: 8h,
mint: Rome, date: 58 B.C., ref: Crawford 422-1b, Sydenham 914,
Q-001
1 commentsquadrans
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064 - Septimius Severus denarius - RIC 254Obv:- SEVERVS PIVS AVG, Laureate head right
Rev:- AFRICA, Africa, wearing elephant-skin head-dress, reclining left with scorpion & cornucopiae; basket of corn-ears before
References:- VM 8/2, RIC 254, RCV02 6261, RSC 31
maridvnvm
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0841 Hadrian AS Roma 134-38 AD AfricaReference.
RIC 841f; BMCRE 1712; Cohen 143; Strack 709

Obv. HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P
Bust of Hadrian, laureate, draped, right.

Rev.AFRICA S C in ex.
Africa, draped, wearing elephant-skin headdress, reclining left, resting left arm on rock, holding scorpion in right hand and cornucopiae in left; basket of corn-ears front.

10.78 gr
27 mm
12h
1 commentsokidoki
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0841 Hadrian AS Roma 134-38 AD Africa OSTROGOTHS. Uncertain king. Follis circa VI cent.Reference. very rare
RIC 841; C 147. BMC 1714. MEC I, 66 for countermark.

Obv. HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P
Laureate and draped bust right; in front XLII.

Rev. AFRICA
Africa reclining left, wearing elephant-trunk, holding scorpion and cornucopia; in front, basket of corn.

12.22 gr
26 mm
6h

From the E.E. Clain-Stefanelli collection.
okidoki
089_BC,_Rep_,_AR-Den_,_L_Titurius_L_f__Sabinus,_SABIN,_head_r_,_L_TITVRI,_Victory_biga_r_,_Scorp__r_,_Crfw_-344-3,_Syd-700,_Tituria_6_,_Q-001,_0h,_18-19mm,_3,59g-s.jpg
089 B.C. L.Titurius L.f. Sabinus, Republic AR-Denarius, Crawford 344/3, Rome, Victory in Biga right, L•TITVRI below and Scorpion, #1089 B.C. L.Titurius L.f. Sabinus, Republic AR-Denarius, Crawford 344/3, Rome, Victory in Biga right, L•TITVRI below and Scorpion, #1
avers: Bearded head of King Tatius right, SABIN behind.
reverse: Victory in Biga right, bearing wreath, L•TITVRI below, Scorpion as control mark in exergue, border of dots.
exergue: L•TITVRI//Scorpion, diameter: 18,0-18,5mm, weight: 3,70g, axis: 9h,
mint: Rome, date: 089 B.C., ref: Syd-700, Crawford-344/3, Tituria 6.,
Q-001
quadrans
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1495 Hadrian Denarius Roma 134-38 AD AfricaReference.
RIC II, 299; Strack 297; RIC 1495

Bust A1+

Obv. HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P
Bare head

Rev. AFRICA
Africa reclining left, wearing elephant-skin headdress and holding scorpion and cornucopia, basket of fruits at her feet

3.20 gr
18 mm
12h
okidoki
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1498 Hadrian Denarius Roma 134-38 AD AfricaReference.
RIC II 299; Strack 297; RIC 1498

Bust A4+

Obv. HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P.
Bare headed bare bust with drapery

Rev. AFRICA
Africa reclining left, wearing elephant-skin headdress and holding scorpion and cornucopia, basket of fruits at her feet

2.68 gr
17 mm
6h
okidoki
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1609 Hadrian Sestertius Roma 130-38 AD AfricaReference.
RIC II, 840; C.144; Strack 709: RIC III, 1609; Banti 92

Bust C2

Obv. HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS
Laureate, draped bust viewed from side

Rev. AFRICA S C in ex.
Africa, reclining left, before basket of corn, wearing elephant scalp headdress, holding up scorpion and also holding cornucopia

23.30 gr
32 mm
12h

Note.
From the E.E. Clain Stefanelli collection
okidoki
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1609 Hadrian Sestertius Roma 130-38 AD AfricaReference.
RIC II, 840; C.144; Strack 709: RIC III, 1609; Banti 92

Bust C2

Obv. HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS
Laureate, draped bust viewed from side

Rev. AFRICA S C in ex.
Africa, reclining left, before basket of corn, wearing elephant scalp headdress, holding up scorpion and also holding cornucopia

25.01 gr
32 mm
6h
2 commentsokidoki
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1610 Hadrian Sestertius Roma 130-38 AD AfricaReference.
RIC II, 840; C.144; Strack 709: RIC III, 1610; Banti 89

Bust C2+

Obv. HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS
Bare head, draped bust viewed from side

Rev. AFRICA S C in ex.
Africa, reclining left, before basket of corn, wearing elephant scalp headdress, holding up scorpion and also holding cornucopia

29.06 gr
33 mm
12h
okidoki
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2008-Savaria - ScorpionRoman catapult (dart thrower) - the scorpionberserker
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202-210 AD - SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS denariusobv: SEVERVS PIVS AVG (laureate head right)
rev: AFRICA (Africa, wearing elephant-skin head-dress, reclining left with scorpion & cornucopiae; basket of corn-ears before)
ref: RIC IVi 254, RSC 31 (3frcs)
mint: Rome
2.67gms, 19mm
Scarce

This type was minted to mark the visit of Severus to Africa in 207 AD.
The coin has nice black patina, in reverse scratching, though the patina is good: throw a glance at the pattern of corn-ears or the tail of scorpion.
2 commentsberserker
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3133 Hadrian Denarius 117-30 AD Africa reclining eastern mintReference
cf RIC 299; Strack --; RIC 3133 pl

Bust A1

Obv. HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P
Laureate head

Rev. AFRICA
Africa, wearing elephant scalp, reclining left, before basket of fruits, holding scorpion and cornucopia

2.42 gr
20 mm
6h
1 commentsokidoki
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3135 Hadrian Denarius 117-30 AD Africa reclining eastern mintReference
Strack --; RIC 3135

Bust C1

Obv. HADRIANVS AVGUSTUS P P
Laureate, draped bust, viewed from front

Rev. AFRICA
Africa, wearing elephant scalp, reclining left, before basket of fruits, holding scorpion and cornucopia

2.94 gr
20 mm
6h
okidoki
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AfricaSeptimius Severus Denarius
Obv:– SEVERVS PIVS AVG, Laureate head right
Rev:– AFRICA, Africa, wearing elephant-skin head-dress, reclining left with scorpion & cornucopiae; basket of heads of grain (called corn ears in the UK) before
References:– VM 8/2, RIC 254, RCV02 6261, RSC 31

Personification of North Africa
maridvnvm
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Alexander tetradrachm Price 3218Myriandros or Issos mint. Struck under Menes or Philotas circa 330-325 BC. Scorpion in left field, monogram below throne. Price 3218; Newell, Myriandros 18; ANS 1944.100.34175 (same obv. die).2 commentsChance Vandal
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Antiochos IV - AECommagene Samosata?
38-72 AD
diademed and draped bust right; anchor countermark
BAΣIΛEYΣ MEΓ_AΣ ANTIOXOΣ
scorpion within linear bordered laurel wreath
KOMMA_ΓHNΩN
RPC I, 3857; BMC 7, Kovacs 237–8 {GIC 373 (anchor)}
15,9g 25mm
ex Solidus
J. B.
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Antoninus Pius, RIC 576, Sestertius of AD 139 (crown series - Africa)Æ Sestertius (26,92g, Ø 33mm, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 139.
Obv.: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P, laureate head right.
Rev.: AFRICA around, COS II in ex., S C in field, Africa wearing elephant headdress, standing left, holding wreath and cornucopiae, scorpion at her feet.
RIC 576 (*) var. (rev. Africa holding 'basket' instead of wreath); BMCRE 1175 var. (no scorpion on reverse); Cohen 21 (*) (15 fr); Strack 772 (4 collections); Banti 12 (2 spec.); Sear (Roman Coins and their Values) 4145 var.
Ex Almanumis (Gérard Krebs, Nîmes, France) (2015)

Part of a series celebrating Antoninus' remission of half of the special tax (aurum coronarium) normally levied on the provinces at the time of the accession of an emperor.
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(*) the term "lion's head" and "tête de lion" in the description of the reverse in RIC 576 and Cohen 21 respectively is based on a misinterpretation of the reverse representation of the Paris specimen by Cohen and should be changed to "scorpion". It is correct in Strack 771.
Charles S
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BCC GR1x Greek Autonomous, Paros, CycladesGreek Autonomous
Paros, Cyclades 300-200 BCE
Obv: Scorpion
Rev: ΠΑΡΙ Grapes
"Choix de monnaies grecques du
cabinet de F. Imhoof-Blumer", No. 90
Plate III. Very Rare.
AE 11.5mm 2.08gm. Axis:0
Surface find on the beach, north of
Caesarea Maritima, 1971. Caesarea
was built near the ruins of an earlier
Greek settlement.
v-drome
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BCC LSR7 Roman Lead SealLead seal
Roman 1st -3rd Century CE
Obv: Uncertain figure, perhaps crocodile,
shrimp, or scorpion?
Rev: Blank
1.55x0.85x0.4cm 2.57gm.
Surface find Caesarea Maritima, 1972
J. Berlin Caesarea Collection
v-drome
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BCC Lt31Lead Tessera
Caesarea Maritima
Late Roman 1st-4th cent.?
Obv: Scorpion to left.
Rev: Animal, hare (or dog?),
leaping over Snake
11x9mm. 0.80gm. Axis:0
Obverse cf. Hamburger #7
Reverse cf BCC LT10
Surface find, 1977
v-drome
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bmc404_8Elagabalus
Tyre, Phoenicia

Obv: IMP CAES MAV AN[TONINVS AVG], laureate draped and cuirassed bust right. Countermark with scorpion within oval incuse.
Rev: T VRI ORV M, Temple of Astarte with 6 columns, arch over middle, Astarte within with right hand on trophy being crowned by Nike standing on column on right. Altar at base of steps with palm tree on right and murex shell on left.
26 mm, 11.60 gms

BMC 404. Countermark: Howgego 354
Charles M
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Caria - MylasaEl 1/48th stater
c.560-545 BC
O - Lion's head facing
R - Scorpion in incuse square
SNG vA 7795-6, SNG Kayhan 925-7, Rosen 302, Weidauer 166
1 commentsmauseus
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Caria, MylasaCARIA, Mylasa
AR Hemiobol 0.56 g
Facing forepart of lion / Scorpion in incuse square punch
2 commentsarizonarobin
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CARIA, MYLASA450-400 BC Hemiobol Silver (0,54 g. - 7 mm) Milesian standard.
Vs: Forepart of Lion facing.
Rs: Scorpion.
SNG Kayhan 934-8 , SNG von Aulock 7803 v. _8560
Antonivs Protti
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Caria, MylasaCaria, Mylasa. 450-400 B.C. AR obol (7.5 mm, 0.49 g, 6 h). Facing forepart of lion / Scorpion, tail to right; within incuse square. SNG Kayhan 934-938; SNG von Aulock 7803. Fine.ecoli
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CARIA, Mylasa - EL 1/48 staterCARIA, Mylasa
ca. 560-545 BC.
EL 1/48 stater; 4.5 mm, 0.25 gram
Obverse: Lion’s paw
Reverse: Scorpion within incuse square, tail curling to right
1 commentscmcdon0923
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Caria, Mylasa (?) mint, SNG Kayhan 934-938Caria, Mylasa (?) mint, Milesian standard Hemiobol, c. 450-400 B.C. AR, 8mm 0.61g, SNG Kayhan 934-938
O: Facing forepart of lion
R: Scorpion in incuse square punch
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Caria, Mylasa ScorpionCaria, Mylasa
450-400 BC
Ar Obol; 8mm;0.5g

forepart of lion

scorpion

SNG Copenhagen 379
3 commentsarizonarobin
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Caria, Mylasa, (450-400 B.C.), AR-Hemiobol, SNG von Aulock 7803, -/-//--, Scorpion,Caria, Mylasa, (450-400 B.C.), AR-Hemiobol, SNG von Aulock 7803, -/-//--, Scorpion,
avers: Facing forepart of lion with legs left and right.
revers: Scorpion in incuse square.
exerg: -/-//--, diameter: 8-8,3mm, weight: 0,55g, axes: 6h,
mint: Caria, Mylasa, date: 450-400 B.C.,
ref: SNG Kayhan 934; SNG Keckman 917; SNG Cop 379 (Uncertain of Asia Minor); SNG von Aulock 7803.
Q-001
quadrans
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CARIA, MYLASA, AR Hemiobol, EF, Rare, Lion and ScorpionCARIA, MYLASA, Hemiobol, 0,53 g, diameter 7 mm, circa 450-400 B.C.

EXTREMELY FINE, RARE.

Facing of forepart of lion / Scorpion in incuse square punch
Weidauer 166 Caria, Uncertain (Mylasa?). Mid 6th century BC. EL 1/48 Stater. Lydo-Milesian standard. Facing head of lion / Scorpion within incuse square. Weidauer 166-167; SNG Kayhan 925-927. lost
2 commentsAntonivs Protti
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Caria, Mylasa, hemiobolca. 450 - 400 BC
8mm, 0.58g
obv: facing forepart of lion
rev: scorpion in incuse square
Klein 429 (Miletos)
areich
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CARIA, Mylasa. Lion / scorpionHemiobol
c. 450-400 BC
9 mm, 0.5 gm
Diameter: 9 mm.
Obv: Facing forepart of lion
Rev: Scorpion within incuse square
Ref: SNG von Aulock 7803; Klein 429 (Milet)

Very nice detail for such a small coin.
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Caria- Unknown, (Mylasa?); 450-400 BCAR- Obol (Milesian Standard)
Obv: Facing forepart of lion with front paws outstreched, seen from above.
Rev: Scorpion, tail to right, in incused square.
Size: 8.10mm; .56gms
Ref: BMC ??
SNG Kayhan 934-8, Rosen 403, SNG Cop 378.
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CILICIA, COMMAGENE AD 38-72 IOTAPE, WIFE AND SISTER OF ANTIOCHOS IV EPIPHANES / SCORPION

Obverse: Diademed draped bust right. Banker mark on neck.
Reverse: Scorpion within wreath.

AE 25 , BMC 4



From The Sam Mansourati Collection.
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Commagene, Kings, Antiochos IV. Epiphanes, (38-72 A.D.), BMC 17-19., AE-28, KOMMA-ΓHNON, Scorpion, R!Commagene, Kings, Antiochos IV. Epiphanes, (38-72 A.D.), BMC 17-19., AE-28, KOMMA-ΓHNON, Scorpion, R!
avers: - BAΣIΛEΩΣ ME ANTIOXOΣ EΠI, Diademed and draped bust right, anchor countermark on the neck.
revers: - KOMMA-ΓHNON, Scorpion within wreath.
exergo: -/-//--, diameter:27,5-28mm, weight:12,8g, axis:0h,
mint: Commagene, Kings, date:38-72A.D., ref: RPC 3854, BMC 6-7, SNG Cop 1, Sear Greek Imperial Coins 5507,
Q-001
quadrans
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Cr 392/1a - Farsuleia 1 DenariusROMAN REPUBLIC
L. Farsuleius Mensor
AR Denarius. 75 BC.

MENSOR before diademed and draped bust of Liberty right; SC & pileus behind / Roma in biga assisting togate figure to mount into the chariot; scorpion below horses; L FARSVLEI in ex.

Crawford 392/1a; Syd 798a, Farsuleia 1
RR0015
Sosius
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Cr 422/1b - Aemilia 8ROMAN REPUBLIC
AR Denarius, 58 BC (3.9g)
Moneyers: M Aemilius Scarus & Pub Plautius Hypsaeus

M SCAVR AED CVR EX S C, Nabatean king Aretas kneeling before camel, REX ARETAS beneath camel / P HVPSAEVS AED CVR CAPTV C HVPSAE COS PREIVER, Jupiter in quadriga right; scorpion to left.

Cr422/1b, Syd 913, Aemilia 8 VF, worn dies

Ex Imperial Coins
RR0005
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Crawford 422/1, ROMAN REPUBLIC, M. Aemilius Scaurus and Pub. Plautius Hypsaeus, AR DenariusRome, The Republic.
M. Aemilius Scaurus and Pub. Plautius Hypsaeus, 58 BCE.
AR Denarius (3.87g; 19mm).
Rome mint.

Obverse: King Aretas kneeling right and extending olive branch in right hand and holding reins of camel in left hand; M SCAVR/AED CVR above; EX-SC on side; REX ARETAS in exergue.

Rev: Jupiter in fast quadriga galloping left; scorpion below horses’ feet; P HVPSAEVS/AED CVR, above; CAPTV on right; C HVPSAE COS PREIVER in exergue.

References: Crawford 422/1b; BMCRR 3879; Sydenham 913; Aemilia 8; Plautia 8-9.

Provenance: Ex SC Collection; Stack's Auction (14-15 Jun 1971), Lot 240.

Scaurus and Hypsaeus struck these coins as curule aediles, by Senatorial decree. Grueber states that lavish public games were the reason for the special issue, while Crawford suggests the corn dole and/or Caesar’s agrarian law were the more likely reasons. Scaurus, as governor of Syria, was victorious against the Nabataean king Aretas who surrendered and paid a fine of 300 talents to Pompey. It was this event that he chose to depict on the obverse of the coin. On the reverse, Hypsaeus refers to the capture of the Volscian town of Privernum by his ancestor, C. Plautius Decianus, consul in 329 BCE. Hypsaeus chose to repeat this reverse type on a denarius he struck as moneyer in ca. 57 BCE (Crawford 420). This issue has a large number of legend varieties and the scorpion is missing from some dies.
Carausius
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Decentius AE Barbarous Imitation (Victories/wreath) v.1MAGNUS DECENTIUS as Caesar, AD 350-3
AE Barbarous Imitation (22.14mm, 5.06g, 6h)
Likely struck AD 350-3
Imitation of the Lugdunum mint
Obverse: [D N D]ECENTI-VS CAESAR, bare-headed, draped and/or cuirassed bust of Decentius right
Reverse: VICT[? ? ? ? ?] VG ET CES, two Victories standing facing each other, holding between them wreath encircling VOT [? ?] [MVLT] X which is resting on short column; [?]PLG in exergue

These 'unofficial' issues were struck to help alleviate severe local shortages of coinage.

From the collection of Commodore Daniel Turner (1794-1850), naval veteran of the War of 1812 and later captain of the USS Constitution.

The son of a naval officer, Daniel Turner (born 1794, Staten Island, New York) began his own career in the United States Navy as a midshipman on January 1, 1808, at the age of fourteen. Following brief duty at the New York Naval Station, he served aboard the USS Constitution on the North Atlantic Station. On June 17, 1810, he transferred to the frigate President and remained there until June 1812, when he was ordered to Norwich, Connecticut to command the gunboats there. On March 12, 1813, Turner received his commission as a lieutenant.
On March 14, two days later, Turner was sent to Sackett's Harbor, New York, located on the shores of Lake Erie. There, he took command of Niagara, a brig in Oliver Hazard Perry's squadron. However, just before the Battle of Lake Erie, he relinquished command to Captain Jesse D. Elliott and assumed command of Caledonia. The little brig played an important role in the battle on September 10, 1813, because, at one point in the action, her two 24-pounder long guns were the only ones in Perry's flotilla capable of returning the distant fire of the three heaviest Royal Navy ships then in the process of pounding Perry's flagship Lawrence. For his part in the American victory at Lake Erie, Lt. Turner received the praise of Perry, a vote of thanks and a medal from Congress, and a sword from the state of New York.
In the summer of 1814, Turner succeeded to the command of schooner Scorpion, and he cruised Lakes Erie and Huron in her supporting army operations around Detroit and blockading British forces at the Nottawasaga River and Lake Simcoe. On September 6, 1814, Turner and his command were captured by the British when he brought Scorpion alongside the former American schooner Tigress which, unbeknownst to him, had been captured a few days earlier. After a period of imprisonment at Fort Mackinac, Lt. Turner returned to the United States in exchange for a British prisoner of war.
Between 1815 and 1817, Turner cruised the Mediterranean in the frigate Java commanded by his old superior on the Great Lakes, Oliver Hazard Perry. During that deployment, Java visited Algiers and Tripoli in a show of American naval strength calculated to impress the Barbary pirates and intimidate them into honoring their treaties with the United States. In 1817, Java returned to Newport, Rhode Island, to be laid up.
Between 1819 and 1824, Turner returned to sea in the schooner Nonsuch attached to a squadron commanded again by Oliver Hazard Perry. In addition to hunting West Indian pirates, his ship sailed up the Orinoco River to carry Perry on a diplomatic mission to the Venezuelan government under Simon Bolivar. During the return downriver, Perry and many of the crew contracted yellow fever. Turner was close at hand when his mentor died at Trinidad on August 23, 1819. During the remaining years of Turner's assignment to Nonsuch, his ship worked along the east coast of the United States, patrolled in the West Indies to suppress piracy, and made a brief cruise to the Mediterranean in 1824.
Following shore duty at Boston, Massachusetts, Turner returned to sea in 1827 for a three-year assignment with the West India Squadron, as the commanding officer of Erie. In 1830, he came ashore again for three years at the Portsmouth Navy Yard.
Promoted to captain on March 3, 1835, Turner spent a long period waiting orders before returning to sea in 1839 in command of USS Constitution. He sailed the Pacific Squadron in "Old Ironsides," until he was relieved in 1841. From 1843 to 1846, he commanded the American squadron which operated along the Brazilian coast. From that duty, he reported ashore again as Commandant, Portsmouth Navy Yard.
Captain Daniel Turner died suddenly on February 4, 1850 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and he was buried in Greenmount Cemetery in Baltimore, Maryland.

(Adapted and compiled from the Foster History and the USS Constitution Museum websites)

In addition to being a competent naval commander, Daniel Turner was also a keen coin collector, and during his career he accumulated a large collection of nearly three hundred ancient coins, which he stored in a wooden chest along with his own handwritten labels. In 2015, 165 years after the Commodore's death, the Turner descendants consigned this collection to Cowan’s Auction house of Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Diocletian Post-Reform Radiate (CONCORDIA MILITVM, RIC VI 21) v.1DIOCLETIAN, AD 284-305
AE Post-Reform Radiate (20.65mm, 3.00g,1h)
Struck AD 295-298. Heraclea mint
Obverse: IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Diocletian right
Reverse: CONCORDIA MIL-ITVM, Diocletian, in military attire, standing right, holding short scepter and receiving Victory on globe from Jupiter standing left, holding long vertical scepter; H A in lower field
References: RIC VI 21, RCV 12833

From the collection of Commodore Daniel Turner (1794-1850), naval veteran of the War of 1812 and later captain of the USS Constitution.

The son of a naval officer, Daniel Turner (born 1794, Staten Island, New York) began his own career in the United States Navy as a midshipman on January 1, 1808, at the age of fourteen. Following brief duty at the New York Naval Station, he served aboard the USS Constitution on the North Atlantic Station. On June 17, 1810, he transferred to the frigate President and remained there until June 1812, when he was ordered to Norwich, Connecticut to command the gunboats there. On March 12, 1813, Turner received his commission as a lieutenant.
On March 14, two days later, Turner was sent to Sackett's Harbor, New York, located on the shores of Lake Erie. There, he took command of Niagara, a brig in Oliver Hazard Perry's squadron. However, just before the Battle of Lake Erie, he relinquished command to Captain Jesse D. Elliott and assumed command of Caledonia. The little brig played an important role in the battle on September 10, 1813, because, at one point in the action, her two 24-pounder long guns were the only ones in Perry's flotilla capable of returning the distant fire of the three heaviest Royal Navy ships then in the process of pounding Perry's flagship Lawrence. For his part in the American victory at Lake Erie, Lt. Turner received the praise of Perry, a vote of thanks and a medal from Congress, and a sword from the state of New York.
In the summer of 1814, Turner succeeded to the command of schooner Scorpion, and he cruised Lakes Erie and Huron in her supporting army operations around Detroit and blockading British forces at the Nottawasaga River and Lake Simcoe. On September 6, 1814, Turner and his command were captured by the British when he brought Scorpion alongside the former American schooner Tigress which, unbeknownst to him, had been captured a few days earlier. After a period of imprisonment at Fort Mackinac, Lt. Turner returned to the United States in exchange for a British prisoner of war.
Between 1815 and 1817, Turner cruised the Mediterranean in the frigate Java commanded by his old superior on the Great Lakes, Oliver Hazard Perry. During that deployment, Java visited Algiers and Tripoli in a show of American naval strength calculated to impress the Barbary pirates and intimidate them into honoring their treaties with the United States. In 1817, Java returned to Newport, Rhode Island, to be laid up.
Between 1819 and 1824, Turner returned to sea in the schooner Nonsuch attached to a squadron commanded again by Oliver Hazard Perry. In addition to hunting West Indian pirates, his ship sailed up the Orinoco River to carry Perry on a diplomatic mission to the Venezuelan government under Simon Bolivar. During the return downriver, Perry and many of the crew contracted yellow fever. Turner was close at hand when his mentor died at Trinidad on August 23, 1819. During the remaining years of Turner's assignment to Nonsuch, his ship worked along the east coast of the United States, patrolled in the West Indies to suppress piracy, and made a brief cruise to the Mediterranean in 1824.
Following shore duty at Boston, Massachusetts, Turner returned to sea in 1827 for a three-year assignment with the West India Squadron, as the commanding officer of Erie. In 1830, he came ashore again for three years at the Portsmouth Navy Yard.
Promoted to captain on March 3, 1835, Turner spent a long period waiting orders before returning to sea in 1839 in command of USS Constitution. He sailed the Pacific Squadron in "Old Ironsides," until he was relieved in 1841. From 1843 to 1846, he commanded the American squadron which operated along the Brazilian coast. From that duty, he reported ashore again as Commandant, Portsmouth Navy Yard.
Captain Daniel Turner died suddenly on February 4, 1850 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and he was buried in Greenmount Cemetery in Baltimore, Maryland.

(Adapted and compiled from the Foster History and the USS Constitution Museum websites)

In addition to being a competent naval commander, Daniel Turner was also a keen coin collector, and during his career he accumulated a large collection of nearly three hundred ancient coins, which he stored in a wooden chest along with his own handwritten labels. In 2015, 165 years after the Commodore's death, the Turner descendants consigned this collection to Cowan’s Auction house of Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Gens Aemilia, denarius (58 a.C)M. Aemilius Scaurus e P. Plautius, denario (Roma, 58 a.C.)
AR, 3.82 gr, 17 mm, qBB
D/ M SCAVR; EX – S C; AED CVR; REX ARETAS (in ex) un cammello e il re Aretas inginocchiato che offre un ramoscello d’olivo.
R/ P HVPSAE / AED CVR; C HVPSAE COS / PREIVE; CAPTVM; Giove, su quadriga, con saetta; sotto, uno scorpione.
Crawford 422/1b
Provenienza: collezione Berardengo (Roma, Italia, dal 13 dicembre 2017, numero catalogo 387); ex collezione Alessandro Vanni, Tinia numismatica (Follonica, Italia fino al dicembre 2017)
paolo
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Gratian AE3 (GLORIA ROMANORVM, RIC IX 21b) v.1GRATIAN, AD 367-383
AE3 (18.37mm, 2.51g, 6h)
Struck AD 375-378. Siscia mint
Obverse: D N GRATIA-NVS P F AVG, diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust of Gratian right
Reverse: GLORIA RO-MANORVM, emperor advancing right, dragging captive with right hand and holding labarum in left; P|S/P in fields, ΔSISCA in exergue
References: RIC IX 21b, subtype xlvb; RCV 20066

A rare subtype with pleasant brown surfaces and good detail.

From the collection of Commodore Daniel Turner (1794-1850), naval veteran of the War of 1812 and later captain of the USS Constitution.

The son of a naval officer, Daniel Turner (born 1794, Staten Island, New York) began his own career in the United States Navy as a midshipman on January 1, 1808, at the age of fourteen. Following brief duty at the New York Naval Station, he served aboard the USS Constitution on the North Atlantic Station. On June 17, 1810, he transferred to the frigate President and remained there until June 1812, when he was ordered to Norwich, Connecticut to command the gunboats there. On March 12, 1813, Turner received his commission as a lieutenant.
On March 14, two days later, Turner was sent to Sackett's Harbor, New York, located on the shores of Lake Erie. There, he took command of Niagara, a brig in Oliver Hazard Perry's squadron. However, just before the Battle of Lake Erie, he relinquished command to Captain Jesse D. Elliott and assumed command of Caledonia. The little brig played an important role in the battle on September 10, 1813, because, at one point in the action, her two 24-pounder long guns were the only ones in Perry's flotilla capable of returning the distant fire of the three heaviest Royal Navy ships then in the process of pounding Perry's flagship Lawrence. For his part in the American victory at Lake Erie, Lt. Turner received the praise of Perry, a vote of thanks and a medal from Congress, and a sword from the state of New York.
In the summer of 1814, Turner succeeded to the command of schooner Scorpion, and he cruised Lakes Erie and Huron in her supporting army operations around Detroit and blockading British forces at the Nottawasaga River and Lake Simcoe. On September 6, 1814, Turner and his command were captured by the British when he brought Scorpion alongside the former American schooner Tigress which, unbeknownst to him, had been captured a few days earlier. After a period of imprisonment at Fort Mackinac, Lt. Turner returned to the United States in exchange for a British prisoner of war.
Between 1815 and 1817, Turner cruised the Mediterranean in the frigate Java commanded by his old superior on the Great Lakes, Oliver Hazard Perry. During that deployment, Java visited Algiers and Tripoli in a show of American naval strength calculated to impress the Barbary pirates and intimidate them into honoring their treaties with the United States. In 1817, Java returned to Newport, Rhode Island, to be laid up.
Between 1819 and 1824, Turner returned to sea in the schooner Nonsuch attached to a squadron commanded again by Oliver Hazard Perry. In addition to hunting West Indian pirates, his ship sailed up the Orinoco River to carry Perry on a diplomatic mission to the Venezuelan government under Simon Bolivar. During the return downriver, Perry and many of the crew contracted yellow fever. Turner was close at hand when his mentor died at Trinidad on August 23, 1819. During the remaining years of Turner's assignment to Nonsuch, his ship worked along the east coast of the United States, patrolled in the West Indies to suppress piracy, and made a brief cruise to the Mediterranean in 1824.
Following shore duty at Boston, Massachusetts, Turner returned to sea in 1827 for a three-year assignment with the West India Squadron, as the commanding officer of Erie. In 1830, he came ashore again for three years at the Portsmouth Navy Yard.
Promoted to captain on March 3, 1835, Turner spent a long period waiting orders before returning to sea in 1839 in command of USS Constitution. He sailed the Pacific Squadron in "Old Ironsides," until he was relieved in 1841. From 1843 to 1846, he commanded the American squadron which operated along the Brazilian coast. From that duty, he reported ashore again as Commandant, Portsmouth Navy Yard.
Captain Daniel Turner died suddenly on February 4, 1850 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and he was buried in Greenmount Cemetery in Baltimore, Maryland.

(Adapted and compiled from the Foster History and the USS Constitution Museum websites)

In addition to being a competent naval commander, Daniel Turner was also a keen coin collector, and during his career he accumulated a large collection of nearly three hundred ancient coins, which he stored in a wooden chest along with his own handwritten labels. In 2015, 165 years after the Commodore's death, the Turner descendants consigned this collection to Cowan’s Auction house of Cincinnati, Ohio.
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GREEKAR obol. Mylasa (Caria). 450-400 BC. 0,55 grs. Forepart of lion facing / Scorpion with tail to right within incuse square.
SNG Copenhagen 379. SNG von Aulock 7803,
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Greek, Lead Sling BulletMid. 4th century BC, lead sling-bullet. Scorpion on one side, and on the other, KALA. It is most likely the genitive form of the name Kala, a general under Alexander the Great who was later appointed satrap of Phrygia. It's also been suggested that "KALA" here is used as an insult, as if saying "pretty boy" or "girly man" today.7 commentsMolinari
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HADRIANAR denarius. 134-138 AD. 3,4 grs. Laureate, draped bust right. HADRIANVS AVG COS III / Africa reclining left, wearing elephant skin headdress, holding scorpion and cornucopia; basket containing grain ears and poppy at feet. AFRICA.
RIC 299(f). RSC 141 b. C 141.

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HADRIANAR denarius. 134-138 AD. 3,4 grs. Laureate, draped bust right. HADRIANVS AVG COS III / Africa reclining left, wearing elephant skin headdress, holding scorpion and cornucopia; basket containing grain ears and poppy at feet. AFRICA.
RIC 299(f). RSC 141 b. C 141.

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Hadrian - AfricaObverse: AVG COS III PP, laureate head right.
Reverse: Africa, wearing elephant trunk on head, reclining left, holding scorpion and cornucopiae and resting left elbow on rock, a basket of corn in front
Mint : Rome
Date : 134-138 AD
Reference : RIC II 299; RSC 140
Grade : VF
Weight : 3.5g
Denom : Denarius
Metal : Silver
Acquired: 17/06/04

Comments : This issue commemorates Hadrian's travels to Africa in 128 AD. He was the first Emperor to visit Africa. Not to be confused with Mauretania, which he visited in 123 9where he personally oversaw a revolt in this troublesome area). When he went to Africa it rained on his arrival for the first time in the space of five years, and for this he was beloved by the Africans. Hadrian heaped benefactions upon the province and numerous fortresses and military roads were built in Africa.
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Hadrian / Africa denariusHADRIAN, AD 134-138
AR Denarius
18 mm, 3.53 gm, 6h
Rome
Obv: HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, laureate head right
Rev: AFRICA, Africa with elephant skin headdress, reclining on rock, holding scorpion and cornucopia, basket of fruit before her.
Ref: RIC 299
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Hadrian denariusHADRIANVS AVG COS III P P
laureate head right

AFRICA
Africa reclining left, wearing elephant scalp headdress, scorpion in right, cornucopia in left, basket of grain before her at feet

Rome mint, 134 - 138 A.D

3.06g

RSC II 138, RIC II 299, BMCRE III 816, Sear 3459

Part of Hadrian's "travel series"

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Hadrian Denarius RIC 299, AfricaOBV: HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, Laureate head right
REV: AFRICA, Africa reclining left holding scorpion & cornucopiae, basket of grain at feet
2.76g. 18.5mm

Minted at Rome, 136 AD
Legatus
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Hadrian, RIC 841, As of AD 134-138 (Africa)As (9.4g, Ø28mm, 6h). Rome, AD 134-138.
Obv.: HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, laureate and draped bust right.
Rev.: AFRICA around, S C in ex., Africa reclining left, holding scorpion and cornucopiae, basket of fruit at feet.
RIC 841 (S); Cohen 143; RHC 117/81
Ex Holleman, Enschede, Jan. 1997

Issued to ark Hadrian's visit to Africa in 128, seen as new military departure
Charles S
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Hadrian. Africa. Denarius.Roman Empire. Hadrian. 117-138 AD. AR Denarius (3.03 gm, 17.8mm, 12h) of Rome, 136 AD. Bare head right. ⟳HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P. / Africa reclining left, holding scorpion and cornucopiae, basket of fruit at feet. AFRICA. VF. Bt. Martin Deeran, Boston, 2002. RIC II.3 #1495 (1st ed #299); BMCRE 812-813; PV Hill UCR 634; RSC II #141 var (basket of fruit at feet); SRCV II #3459.Anaximander
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Hemiobol. Caria, Uncertain mint ( Mylasa ?) C.450-400BC. AR7mm, 0.48grm.Caria, Uncertain mint ( Mylasa ?) 5th century BC.
Obv. Lion scalp with paws facing.
Rev. Scorpion in incuse square.
Ref. SNG Keckman 917 ( Reverse die match) , SNG Kayhan 925-927.
Lee S
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III-HADRIANUS -a- Denar RIC II/299Av) HADRIANVS AVG COS III PP
Bare head left

Rv) AFRICA
Africa with Elephanthat reclining left, holding scorpion and cornucopiae; in front there is a basekt with fruits

Weight: 3,3g; Ø: 18mm; Reference: RIC II/299; ROME mint; struck: 134 A.D. - 138 A.D.
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Iotape - AECommagene (Samosata?)
38-72 AD
diademed and draped bust right
ΒΑΣΙΛΙΣΣΑ ΙΩΤΑΠΗ ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΟΣ
scorpion within linear bordered laurel wreath
KOMMAΓ_HNΩN
RPC I, 3858; BMC Iotape 4, Kovacs 239
13,5g 25mm
ex Bucephalus
J. B.
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Iotape, wife and possibly sister of Antiochus IV, 38-72 CE.Commagene, Syria. Æ (25 mm, 13.50 g).
Obv: BACILICCA IWTAPH FILADELFOC. Diad. and dr. bust, r. Countermarked anchor on neck.
Rev: KOMMAGENWN. Scorpion; all within laurel wreath.
SGI 5514; BMC 20. 109, 1.
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KINGS of COMMAGENE, Antiochus IV, AD 38-72AE29, 28.63mm (14.18 gm). Bevelled edge.

BAΣIΛEYΣ MEΓ ANTIOXOΣ EΠI, diademed and draped bust, right / KOMMAΓ-HNON, scorpion; all in wreath (wreath enclosed in lines).

RPC I, 3854.
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Kings of Commagene. Antiochos IV Epiphanes 38-72. AE24Obv: [B]AΣIΛE[YΣ M-E ANTIOX[OC EΠI], diademed head of Antiochos IV to right, countermark.
Rev: KOMMA-ΓENON, scorpion, all within wreath.
Ref: RPC I 3856.
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L. Farsuleius MensorDenarius (76 BC). Rome. Obv: MENSOR / S C. Diademed and draped bust of Libertas right; pileus and control-mark to left. Rev: L FARSVLEI. Warrior, holding spear and reins, and assisting togate figure to left, in biga right; below horses, scorpion right. Crawford 392/1a. 3.70 g., 20 mm. Naumann Auc 128, lot 671.lawrence c
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L. Farsuleius Mensor. 76 BC.L. Farsuleius Mensor. 76 BC.

AR Denarius (3,65 g, 18,65mm.), Rome mint.


L. Farsuleius Mensor. 76 BC. AR Denarius (3,65 g, 18,65mm.). Rome mint. Diademed and draped bust of Libertas right; control number behind / Warrior (Roma?) standing in biga right, holding reins and spear, extending hand to assist citizen into biga; scorpion below.


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L.FARSULEIUS MENSORAR denarius. 75 BC. 3.91 grs. Diademed and draped bust of Libertas right. SC below chin. MENSOR before. Pileus and control numeral behind. Bead and reel border. / Warrior in biga right,holding spear and reining in horses while he helps togate figure to mount into the chariot,scorpion below. L FARSULEI in exergue.
Craw 392/1a. RSC Farsuleia 1.
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L.FARSULEIUS MENSOR AR denarius. 75 BC. 3.91 grs. Diademed and draped bust of Libertas right. SC below chin. MENSOR before. Pileus and control numeral behind. Bead and reel border. / Warrior in biga right,holding spear and reining in horses while he helps togate figure to mount into the chariot,scorpion below. L FARSULEI in exergue.
Craw 392/1a. RSC Farsuleia 1.
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Lion and Scorpion, CARIA, MYLASA, AR Hemiobol CARIA, MYLASA, Hemiobol, 0,53 grams, diameter 7 mm, circa 450-400 B.C.

Facing of forepart of lion / Scorpion in incuse square punch

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Lucius Farsuleius MensorObv: Diademed, draped bust of Libertas facing right, SC below chin, MENSOR before, pileus and control number XII behind.

Rev: Warrior (or Roma) in a biga facing right, holding a spear and reigning in horses while helping a togate figure step into the chariot, scorpion below horses' fore-hoves, L FARSVLEI in exergue.

Silver Denarius, Rome mint, 75 BC

3.97 grams, 18 mm, 180°

RSC Farsuleia 1, S328
Matt Inglima
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Lydia, Magnesia ad Sipylum, Herakles / river god Hermos, AE1717mm, 1.48g
obv: [MA] ΓNHTΩ CIΠVLOV; bare head of Herakles right, scorpion countermark
rev: [E]PMOC; Hermos reclining to left, behind him cornucopia and vase from which water flows
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M Aemilius Scarus & Pub Plautius Hypsaeus Denarius 58 bcSilver denarius, SRCV 379, Crawford 422/1b; Sydenham 913; RSC Aemilia 8, Rome mint, 58 B.C.; obverse Aretas, King of Nabatea, kneeling beside camel raising olive branch with fillet, M SCAVR / AED CVR above, EX - S C at sides, REX ARETAS in ex; reverse Jupiter in quadriga left, reins in right, hurling thunderbolt with left, scorpion below, P HYPSAEVS / AED CVR above, CAPTV on right, C HYPSAE COS / PREIVER in exergue.

M. Aemilius Scaurus, in 62 B.C., as questor to Pompey, was sent against King Aretas but withdrew when Aretas paid 300 talents. Aemilius was curule aedile when this coin was struck. This was the first time a moneyer publicized an event from his own career on coinage. Later he was praetor and propraetor, lost a campaign for Consul, and successfully defended Cicero. In 52 B.C., he was charged with bribery and went into exile.
Philoromaos
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M Aemilius Scarus & Pub Plautius Hypsaeus Denarius. 58 BC.Obv: M SCAVR AED CVR EX S C, Nabatean king Aretas kneeling before camel, REX ARETAS beneath camel.
Rev: P HVPSAEVS AED CVR CAPTV C HVPSAE COS PREIVER, Jupiter in quadriga right; scorpion to left.
ancientone
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M. AEMILIUS Denarius Syd 912, POMPEY Victory v ARETAS OBV: M . SCAVR / AED CVR above king Aretas kneeling beside a camel r., EX on ,S . C on right, REX ARETAS in ex.
REV: HYPSAE (vs) / AED CVR above Jupiter in quadriga left, CAPTVM on right, c. HYPSAEVS cos PREIV (ER) in ex. scorpion below horses
3.1g, 17mm

Minted 58BC
M. Aemilius Scaurus & Pub. Plautius Hypsaeus. When M. Aemilius was Governor of Syria, he repressed the incursions of the Nabathean Arabians, compelling their king, Aretas, to submit and pay a fine of 300 talents to Pompey. Pub. Plautius was curule aedile with him in B.C. 58.
Legatus
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M. Aemilius Scarus & Pub Plautius Hypsaeus – Aemilia-8ROMAN REPUBLIC AR denarium (3.65g) M Aemilius Scarus & Pub Plautius Hypsaeus. 58 BC. M SCAVR AED CVR EX S C, Nabatean king Aretas kneeling before camel, REX ARETAS beneath camel / P HVPSAEVS AED CVR CAPTV C HVPSAE COS PREIVER, Jupiter in quadriga right; scorpion to left. Cr422/1b, Syd 913, Aemilia 8, RCV 379Bud Stewart
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M. Aemilius Scaurus & P. Plautius HypsaeusAR Denarius, 4g, 19mm, 6h; Rome, 58 BC.
Obv.: M SCAVR AED CVR, kneeling figure right (King Aretas of Nabataea), holding olive branch and reins of camel beside him; EX on left; S[C] on right; REX ARET[AS] in exergue.
Rev.: P HVPSAE AED CVR, Jupiter in quadriga left, holding reins in left hand and hurling thunderbolt with right; scorpion below horses; CAPTV on right; C HVPSAE COS PREIVE in exergue.
Reference: Babelon Aemilia 8 and Plautia 8; Sydenham 913; Crawford 422/1b.
Notes: sold to Sal, 11/15.
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M. Aemilius Scaurus & P. Plautius HypsaeusAR Denarius, 18mm, 3.8g, 6h; Rome, 58 BC.
Obv.: M SCAVR AED CVR, kneeling figure right (King Aretas of Nabataea), holding olive branch and reins of camel beside him; EX on left; SC on right; REX ARETAS in exergue.
Rev.: P HVPSAE AED CVR, Jupiter in quadriga left, holding reins in left hand and hurling thunderbolt with right; scorpion below horses; CAPTV on right; C HVPSAE COS PREIVE in exergue.
Reference: Babelon Aemilia 8 and Plautia 8; Sydenham 913; Crawford 422/1b.
John Anthony
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M. Aemilius Scaurus & P. Plautius Hypsaeus (58 B.C.)AR Denarius
O: M. SCAVR. / AED. CVR., above king Aretas kneeling beside a camel right, EX., on left, S.C., on right, REX. ARETAS., in exergue.
R: P. HVPSAE. / AED. CVR., above Jupiter in quadriga left, CAPTV., on right, but C. HVPSAE. COS. PREIVER., in exergue, scorpion below horses.
3.47g
19mm
Rome Mint
RCV #379 Aemilia 8
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M. Aemilius Scaurus & Pub. Plautius Hypsaeus. 58 BCObv. Camel r; before, Aretas kneeling , holding reins and olive-branch tied with fillet; above M. SCAVR. AED. CVR.; on either side, EX. S.C.; below, REX. ARETAS.
Rv. Jupiter in quadriga l., holding reins and hurling thunderbolt; above, P. HVPSAE. AED. CVR; below, C. HVPSAE. COS. PRIEVE; on r. CAPTV; below horses, scorpion.
17mm, 3.33grams.
Crawford 422/1b; Sydenham 913; Aemilia 8.
Canaan
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M. Aemilius Scaurus, Crawford 422/1bM. Aemilius Scaurus, gens Aemilia & Pub. Plautius Hypsaeus, gens Plautia
AR - denarius, 3.97g, 16mm
Rome, 58 BC
obv. above [M SCAVR] / AED CVR, in ex. REX ARETAS
The Nabatean king Aretas IV Philhellenos kneeling beside a dromedary,
holding reins with his l. hand and in his raised hand filleted olive-branch.
in field l. and r. EX - SC
rev. above P HYPSAEV[S] / AED CVR, r. CAPTV
in ex. C HYPSAE C[OS] / PREIVER
Jupiter in quadriga l., holding reins in l. hand and hurling thunderbolt in raised
r. hand; in front of the horses scorpion r.
Crawford 422/1b; Sydenham 913; Aemilia 8; Plautia 8; BMC 3878; Hendin 740
small scratch on l. rev. field, otherwise about EF; struck on small flan

This type commemorates the conquest of Privernum by C.Plautius in 329 BC and the success of Scaurus as legate of Pompeius in conquering Palestine and Arabia, and shows the submission of king Aretas in 62 BC.

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Marcus Aemilius Scaurus & Publius Plautius HypsaeusSilver denarius. 3.779g, 18.3mm, 0o, Rome mint, 58 B.C. Obverse Aretas, King of Nabataea, kneeling beside camel raising olive branch with fillet, M·SCAVR over AED·CVR above, EX - S C divided across field, REX ARETAS in exergue; reverse Jupiter in quadriga left, reins in right, hurling thunderbolt with left, scorpion below, P·HYPSAEVS over AED·CVR above, CAPT on right, C·HYPSAE·COS over PREIVE in exergue. Crawford 422/1b, Sydenham 913. ex Ãureo & Calica auction 352 (20 Oct 2020), lot 2046. A FORUM coin.1 commentslawrence c
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Marcus Aemilius Scaurus & Publius Plautius Hypsaeus (RSC I Aemilia 8, Coin #752)RSC I Aemilia 8, AR Denarius, Rome, 58 BC
OBV: M SCAVR / AED CVR above, EX - S C at sides, REX ARETAS in exergue; Aretas, King of Nabataea, kneeling beside camel raising olive branch with fillet.
REV: PHYPSAEVS / AED CVR above, CAPT on right, C HYPSAE COS / PREIVER in exergue; Jupiter in quadriga left, reins in right, hurling thunderbolt with left, scorpion below.
SIZE: 21.9mm, 3.08g
MaynardGee
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Marcus Aemilius Scaurus & Publius Plautius Hypsaeus; DenariusRRC 422/1b
58 b.c.

Obverse:M . SCAVR / AED CVR above king Aretas kneeling beside a camel right. EX on ,S . C on right, REX ARETAS in ex.
Reverse: HYPSAE/AED CVR above Jupiter in quadriga left, CAPTVM on right, C. HYPSAEVS cos PREIV (ER) in ex. scorpion below horses.

One of the first moneyers commemorating on his coins an event of own history. M. Aemilius, as the Governor of Syria, repressed the incursions of the Nabathean Arabians, compelling their king, Aretas, to submit and pay a fine of 300 talents to Pompey.
He also was one of the richest and most influential men of his time. Still failed to be elected consul in 54 after a bribery case he won with the help of his friend Cicero.

Pub. Plautius was curule aedile with him in B.C. 58.

Purchased from Numismatica Varesina at "World Money Fair" 08.02.2014; Berlin
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