Republic, Rebuplic!

o Well, why not put it here again a impulse.



M. FURIUS L. F. PHILUS. Denarius (120 BC). Rome.

Reference.
Crawford 281/1; Albert 1043; Sear 156

Obv: M FOVRI L F.
Head of Janus.

Rev: ROMA / PHLI.
Roma standing left, holding sceptre and crowning trophy of Gallic arms and carnyxes.

3.49 gr
fields with hard cleaning marks.

 

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Are those hockey sticks on the reverse of th Albinus?

 

Nope, they're hobby horses. Steve likes toys.

 

Roman Republic, Lucius. Scribonius Libo, c. 62 B.C

Reference.
Sear 367; Cr. 416/1

Obv: Diademed head of Bonus Eventus right (bankers mark X)

Rev: The Puteal Scribonianum, ornamented with garland between two lyres and hammer.

3.82 gr


Note from FORVM.
The ruins of the Puteal Scribonianum were discovered in the Forum in 1950's.
The reverse is either a play on Scribonius' name or the origin of his family name and the Scribonianum were related.
Perhaps he was also a music lover explaining the lyres. The same type was also minted with an anvil or tongs in place of the hammer. Sear indicates the tools are symbolic of the moneyer's position. -- Roman Coins and Their Values by David Sear. Crawford believes the lyres may be purely decorative and the tools, symbols of Vulcan, recall that the Puteal was located on a spot that was struck by lightning. -- Roman Republican Coinage by Michael H. Crawfor