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Home ▸ Catalog ▸ |Byzantine Coins| ▸ |Byzantine Mints| ▸ |Rome||View Options:   | | | The Rome mint reopened about 540, after Justinian's conquests in Italy. It closed during the reign of Constantine V (741- 775). |
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
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