Poblicia Den OTD - With Q for the experts...

[Tiathena]

 
       Ave all,
 
  I’d like to share this lovely Poblicia denarius, just received yesterday.
  In part, just because it is, I think, a genuinely beautiful coin and one I’ve sought in like condition for quite a long while.
  In another part, just to ask – for my own peace-of-mind – whether anyone perceives here any reason whatsoever to doubt its authenticity?
  For this latter concern, I add as well two larger images of each side.
 
  As always, please forgive my poor photography un-skill.  I’ve done the best I am able.
  Also of course, any thoughts or comments warmly appreciated – including any needed corrections to my attribution info.
 
   
 

Helmeted Roma Hercules with Nemean Lion, AR Serrate Denarius, 80 BC. Poblicia.

Obv: Roma draped, in twin-feathered plumed Phrygian-styled helmet, right facing; ROMA behind, control mark S above.
Rev: Hercules standing left, wrestling and strangling the Nemean lion, club below, encased bow with two arrows in left field; S, above; [C] POBLICI Q F in right field.
 
Exergue: None.
 
Mint: Rome
Struck: 80 BC.
 
Size:       18.73 mm.
Weight:  3.8 grm.
Die axis: 90°
 
Refs:
Sydenham, 768
Crawford, 380/1
 
   Additional & larger images:
 

 

 
 
   While for a while I felt a little unsettling suspicion about this coin, I feel better now having had it in hand a bit.
  Size and weight are on the mark, as is the die axis as compared with other specimens I’ve seen (on-line) in which d-axis is given.
  The edges look fine to me, as do the devices.
 
   Anyone see anything suggesting otherwise?
 
   Thanks much for looking… 
 
   Best regards, as ever –

               Tia
 

[mauseus]

Hi Tia,

Nice coin, don't ever doubt your photographic skills!

Regards,

Mauseus

[Tiathena]

 
      Hi Mauseus,
 
  Thanks very much for that…   It’s kind of you to say & so encourage!
  I could claim on these I suppose I’m not ‘too-bad’ – but honestly, that these are even as ‘good’ as they are I think is pure-luck.
 
  I’m really not a very adept photographer.
  On the plus side – I can only improve!
 
   Best, as ever –
   Tia
 

[Jerome Holderman]

I would be thrilled to have any of my photos on silver coins come out half as good!

Coin looks perfectly fine to me, but I don't know much about republican silver.

Very impressive coin!

Regards,
Jerome

[Tiathena]

 
      Hi Jerome!
 
  It’s great to ‘see’ you & Mauseus again too..!
  Thank you also for the kind (and all-too-generous) words.
 
  I have no idea why, but I seem much luckier with silver than when trying to photograph bronze.  Leave it to me!
 
  &nd, of course, for the comments regarding the coin, too.
  I am really thrilled to have it..!  As so often with me, I’d all but lost hope of ever finding one in such condition that I could afford-ish …
 
  I could actually neither afford this one, nor afford to let it pass.
  How’s that for a gambit?
 
   Very best, as ever –
    Tia
 

[Noah]

That is a beautiful coin that has been well photographed!   I am not up to speed with my Republican coinage, but this is a really interesting and appealing reverse to me...   BTW, where have you been?  It has been several months since I've seen you active on the boards.  Welcome back!

 Best, Noah

[Tiathena]

 
        Hi Noah!
 
  Thanks very much…
  To me as well!  I love this reverse!
  The Nemean Lion has always been one of, if not my favorite of all Herakles’ labors.
  To say it, too – I also much love the rather Athena-esque looking Roma.
 
  Yes, it has been a long away…  It seems the Fates determined that, like Odysseus, I had to make a venture into the Underworld on my way home…
 
  Thank you for the kind & warm greeting!
  It is very good to see you again too! ..&nd to be back …
 
   Best, as ever –
          Tia
 

[Potator II]

Hi Tia dear,

As usual you are too modest about your way of taking pictures. It's a very nice pic of a very nice coin. A bit of wear, but very regular and smooth, that doesn't affect in anyway the pleasure of seeing it, again and again. The depiction of Hercules with the lion is very impressive.

As to tell about affording a coin or affording to let it pass, I think you will never have to regret the choice of buying this one. A very nice addition to your very personnal collaction (in the way that our collections tell about us....)

All the best, and take care my dear friend
JC

[Tiathena]

 
       Ave, dearest J-C!
 
  Many thanks for those kind words & thoughts!
  Not only from such a dear friend, but from one whose collection of Republican denarii is – to me – as enviable as it is inspiring (and dangerously encouraging!).
 
  You are quite right too, I’ll never regret having acquired it and, though not a ‘cheap’ coin, I regard it worth every penny paid and then some…
 
  Some say erratic, others eclectic – slightly more polite – but it is the keen eye of a rich and perceptive Spirit that recognizes how such a collection is truly personal.
  It is a warm, wonderful & flattering thing that such a coin which once spoke for the Republic may now speak for me.
 
 
 
   Very best & warmest, as always –
    Tia