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Home ▸ Catalog ▸ |Themes & Provenance| ▸ |Gods, Olympians| ▸ |Hera or Juno||View Options:   | | | Queen of the Gods, and the goddess of marriage and motherhood. Symbols are the peacock and the cow. Daughter of Kronus and Rhea. Wife and sister of Zeus. |
Mostis, reigned c. 139 - 100 B.C., was king of the Thracian Kainoi (Caeni) tribe in South East Thrace to Strandzha mountain, territory in Bulgaria and Turkey today. He king is best known from his coinage, which includes bronze coins and rare tetradrachms.GB111738. Bronze AE 25, SNG BM 312, Youroukova 134, HGC 3 1729, SNG Stancomb -, SNG Cop -, BMC Thrace -, gF, large edge split/crack, rev. countermark, weight 5.818 g, maximum diameter 25.1 mm, die axis 0o, c. 125 B.C.; obverse jugate heads of Zeus and Hera right; reverse eagle standing left on fulmen (thunderbolt), monogram above right, BAΣIΛEΩΣ above, MOΣTIΔOΣ below; countermark: monogram; scarce;
Roman Republic, L. Papius, 79 B.C.
In Roman mythology, Juno was the daughter of Saturn and the wife of Jupiter and she had many attributes. Among these was Juno Sospita, who offered protection to women, accompanying them throughout their lives from birth to death. Women called upon her to aid in conception. Juno Sospita was characterized by her goatskin coat and headdress with the horns of a goat. The control marks on this type are normally paired related symbols. Each pair has only one set of dies.SH13729. Silver denarius serratus, BMCRR I 3078, controls 102; Crawford 384/1, pl. LXVII 122; Sydenham 773; RSC I Papia 1; SRCV I 311, gem EF, particularly fine style, superb strike, preservation, and toning, weight 3.883 g, maximum diameter 19.3 mm, die axis 135o, Rome mint, 79 B.C.; obverse head of Juno Sospita right, clad in goat's skin, thyrsus (control symbol) behind, bead and reel border; reverse Gryphon leaping right, ivy branch below (control symbol), L PAPI in exergue, bead and reel border; SOLD
Roman Republic, Dictatorship of Julius Caesar, T. Carisius, c. 46 B.C.
"This remarkable type celebrates the Roman mint itself which was located adjacent to the temple of Juno Moneta on the Arx summit of the Capitoline Hill. -- Roman Coins and Their Values, Millennium Edition, Volume One by David R SearSH09049. Silver denarius, SRCV I 447, RSC I Carisia 1, Crawford 464/2, Sydenham 982a, gVF, weight 3.56 g, maximum diameter 20.6 mm, die axis 90o, Rome mint, obverse MONETA, head of Juno Moneta right, hair in knot, earring and necklace, one lock of hair falls down on her neck; reverse T•CARISIVS above minting implements, die as wreathed cap of Vulcan above anvil, between tongue and hammer; all in wreath; SOLD
Roman Republic, Dictatorship of Julius Caesar, T. Carisius, c. 46 B.C.
"This remarkable type celebrates the Roman mint itself which was located adjacent to the temple of Juno Moneta on the Arx summit of the Capitoline Hill. -- Roman Coins and Their Values, Millennium Edition, Volume One by David R SearRR16788. Silver denarius, SRCV I 447, RSC I Carisia 1, Crawford 464/2, Sydenham 982a, aVF, weight 3.455 g, maximum diameter 20.5 mm, die axis 90o, Rome mint, c. 46 B.C.; obverse MONETA, head of Juno Moneta right, hair in knot, earring and necklace, one lock of hair falls down on her neck; reverse T•CARISIVS above minting implements, die as wreathed cap of Vulcan above anvil, between tongue and hammer; all in wreath; SOLD
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