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Denarius - 105 BC.
L. THORIVS BALBVS - Gens THORIA
Obv.: Head of Juno Sospita in goat skin. I.S.M.R. (Iunoni Sospitae Magnae Reginae)behind
Rev.:Bull charging right, T above, L THORIVS / BALBVS below.
Gs. 3,75 mm. 19,7x21,3
Craw. 316/1, Sear RCV 192Maxentius
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105 B.C., L.Thorius Balbus, Republic AR-Denarius, Crawford 316/1, Rome, L•THORIVS/BALBVS in two line, Bull charging right, #1105 B.C., L.Thorius Balbus, Republic AR-Denarius, Crawford 316/1, Rome, L•THORIVS/BALBVS in two line, Bull charging right, #1
avers: ISMR abbreviated legend behind the head of Juno Sospita right, wearing a goat-skin headdress.
reverse: L•THORIVS/BALBVS in two line, Bull charging right, control letter "K" above.
exergue: -/-//L•THORIVS/BALBVS, diameter: 18,5-20,5mm, weight: 3,83g, axis: 6h,
mint: Rome, date: 105 B.C., ref: Crawford 316/1, Sydenham 598, Sear 192, Thoria 1,
Q-001quadrans
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B. Brockage: Thorius Denarius, 105 BCE, ex Alba Longa Coll.Roman Republic. L. Thorius Balbus AR Denarius (19 mm, 3.87 g, 12 h), 105 BCE.
Obv: I•S•M•R Head of Juno Sospita to right, wearing goat-skin headdress. Rev: Incuse of obverse.
Refs: Cf. Babelon (Thoria) 1, Crawford 316/1, RBW 1168 and Sydenham 598.
Prov: Ex- ANE-Calicó (15 Dec 1981), Lot 508 [Schaefer Binder #22, p. 2]; Aureo 89 (4 Mar 1998), Lot 1345 [Schaefer Binder #22, p. 2]; Colleción Alba Longa (J. F. Molina), vol. II, Aureo y Calicó 339 (14 Nov 2019), Lot 1398. Images of this coin included twice in ANS RRDP "Schaefer Binder" No. 22, p. 2 (first two sales above): [LINK].
Notes: An obverse brockage occurs when a coin becomes stuck in the reverse die (traditionally the upper/"hammer" side). As the next coin(s) are struck, an incuse impression of the "stuck" coin is left in place of a reverse. Obverse brockages are more common than reverse brockages; the reason is presumably that a coin stuck in the lower/"anvil" side, where the reverse die is held, would be more obvious and more likely to be removed. During the Roman Republican period it appears that brockages were tolerated and circulated normally.
(See also Nupetlian [NC, 2008] on ancient "Brockage Coins": https://www.jstor.org/stable/45176685.)Curtis JJ
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L. Thorius Balbus - AR denariusRome
²102 BC / ¹105 BC
head of Juno Sospita right, wearing goat skin headdress
I·S·M·R (Ivno Seispes Mater Regina)
bull charging right
B
L·THORIVS
BALBVS
¹Crawford 316/1, SRCV I 192, Sydenham 598, RSC I Thoria 1 British Museum: R.7899
²Mark Passehl - Roman moneyer & coin type chronology, 150 – 50 BC
3,9g 19mm
ex Aurea auctions
Juno Sospita (=Savior) was goddes of fertility and protector of women. She was main deity in Lanuvium.
Bull - Taurus - is pun for moneyer's name Thorius.
Moneyer served as legate under Q. Caecilius Metellus in Spain 79 BC. Cicero wrote that he had lived as there was no pleasure in life.J. B.
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L. Thorius Balbus - Thoria-1ROMAN REPUBLIC L. Thorius Balbus, C.105 BC, Denarius (3.96 gm) Rome mint, head of Juno Sospita right, wearing horned goat skin headdress, I•S•M•R downward behind; reverse bull charging right, H (control letter) above, L•THORIVS below, BALBVS in exergue SRCV I 192, Sydenham 598, Crawford 316/1, RSC I Thoria-1Bud Stewart
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L. THORIUS BALBUS ROMAN REPUBLIC; GENS THORIA AR DenariusOBVERSE: Head of Juno Sospita wearing goat-skin headdress, acronym I. S. M. R. behind.
REVERSE: Bull charging right, E above, L THORIVS below, BALBVS in exergue
Struck at Rome 105 BC
3.75g, 20mm
Cr 316/1, Sydenham 598, Thoria 1Legatus
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