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Home ▸ Catalog ▸ |Themes & Provenance| ▸ |Gods, Olympians| ▸ |Hermes or Mercury||View Options:  |  |  | 

Hermes or Mercury

Hermes was the messenger of the gods and the the god of commerce and thieves. He was the son of Zeus and the nymph Maia. His symbols include the caduceus and winged sandals.

Roman Republic, Anonymous, Semilibral Sextans, c. 217 - 215 B.C.

|before| |211| |B.C.|, |Roman| |Republic,| |Anonymous,| |Semilibral| |Sextans,| |c.| |217| |-| |215| |B.C.||sextans|NEW
The libral standard has its roots in the cast aes grave ("heavy bronze") coinages of the Roman Republic, produced from c. 280 -211 B.C with the base unit being the Roman As. Tied closely at first to the libra, or Roman pound, at roughly 324 grams, and divided into twelve unciae (Roman ounces), the standard gradually fell to ~265 grams (about ten Roman ounces) by c. 269 B.C. This "light libral standard" would continue largely intact until the disastrous start of the Second Punic War (218 -201 B.C.), when the semilibral standard was hastily enacted in c. 217, slicing the As to roughly 162 grams (6 ounces). During this time, the first struck Roman bronze coins appeared, which would soon squeeze out production of the cruder aes grave issues.

In his article, "The Anonymous Struck Bronze Coinage of the Roman Republic," in Essays in Honour of Roberto Russo (2013), Andrew McCabe notes that "uniquely among all series presented in this paper, group AA coins can be classified by weight alone, with an As weight of 120 to 170 grams for most coins, which does not overlap with any later issue."
RR114437. Bronze sextans, McCabe AA.Sx.2, Crawford 38/5, Sydenham 85, Russo RBW 96, aF, major details present, peripheral misplaced partial sprue cut on obv., half moon incision above prow-stem, tiny flan casting void pit on rev., weight 26.553 g, maximum diameter 29.9 mm, die axis 45o, Rome mint, c. 217 - 215 B.C.; obverse Head of Mercury right, wearing a winged petasus; two pellets (mark of value for a Sextans) above; reverse prow of ship right with ram, club inside fighting platform, "ROMA" above, and two pellets (mark of value) below (in exergue); $150.00 (€141.00)
 


Bruzus, Phrygia, c. 193 - 217 A.D.

|Other| |Phrygia|, |Bruzus,| |Phrygia,| |c.| |193| |-| |217| |A.D.||assarion|
Bruzus or Brouzos was a town of ancient Phrygia, in the Phrygian Pentapolis, inhabited during Roman and Byzantine times. Druzon, which Ptolemy places among the cities of Phrygia Magna, should be Bruzon. Its site is located near Karasandikli in Asiatic Turkey.
RP113007. Bronze assarion, Numismatik Naumann auction 81 (1 Sep 2019), lot 309; RPC Online -, SNG Cop -, SNGvA -, Isegrim -, F, well centered, toned bare metal, weight 2.862 g, maximum diameter 19.6 mm, die axis 0o, Bruzus (near Karasandikli, Turkey) mint, c. 193 - 217 A.D.; obverse BPOY-ZOC, turreted and draped bust of Tyche right, seen from front; reverse BPOYZ-HNΩN, Hermes standing left, nude, purse in right hand, caduceus and chlamys in left arm; the referenced Numismatik Naumann auction coin is the only other specimen of this type known to FORVM; extremely rare; $140.00 (€131.60)
 


Tragilos, Macedonia, c. 380 - 250 B.C.

|Tragilos|, |Tragilos,| |Macedonia,| |c.| |380| |-| |250| |B.C.||AE| |15|
Tragilos, a small Greek settlement in Bisaltia, was destroyed either by Thracians or during the great Celtic invasion and abandoned in the 3rd century B.C.
GB29074. Bronze AE 15, SNG Cop 451, VF, weight 3.935 g, maximum diameter 15.4 mm, die axis 225o, Tragilos (near Aidonohori, Greece) mint, obverse head of Hermes right wearing petasos; reverse TPAIΛION, rose, grape cluster right; SOLD


Tragilos, Macedonia, c. 450 - 400 B.C.

|Tragilos|, |Tragilos,| |Macedonia,| |c.| |450| |-| |400| |B.C.||AE| |9|
Tragilos was a small Greek settlement in Bisaltia, and was destroyed and abandoned in the 3rd century B.C. by either Thracians or during the great Celtic invasion.
GB28974. Bronze AE 9, BMC Macedonia p. 131, 8 - 10 var. (letters not diagonal); SNG Cop -;, VF, weight 0.590 g, maximum diameter 9.4 mm, Tragilos (near Aidonohori, Greece) mint, obverse head of Hermes right wearing petasos; reverse T-P-A-I within wheel; rare; SOLD







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