FUN COIN DISPLAYS - Victoriatus and Quadrigatus make a fun display

Sometimes you have some coins that just beg to be displayed together. Here are a couple coins of Rome minted long before Augustus. IMHO these are really cool coins & they make a fun display together.



Roman Republic
AR Victoriatus
ca. 211 B.C.
2.97gms, 16-17.5 mm
Obv: Laureate bust of Jupiter right
Rev: Victory standing facing right
crowning a trophy. ROMA in ex
Grade: good VF+ or better with strong well centered strike, attractive cabinet toning and nice original surfaces. Minor breaks in the reverse toning due to benign neglect (cabinet friction).
Other: From the ancient city state of Rome. Ex-RBW, ex NFA (Garrett III) Lot 360, 3/29/85.Sear book #80, Crawford 44/1.



Roman Republic
AR Quadrigatus
225 – 215 B.C.
6.22 gms, 22 mm
Obv: Janiform Head within beaded
border
Rev: Quadriga right driven by Nike
carrying Jupiter throwing
thunderbolt. Inverse relief ROMA
on tablet in exergue
Grade: good VF+ with minor flaws / rough planchet at 3:00 on the reverse. Overall very attractive including dark cabinet toning, good centering and strike.
Other: From the ancient city state of Rome. Sear book #80, RSC-23, Craw 29/3


Obviously, these two coins are from the ancient city state of Rome & they are of unusual denomination. I thought it would be fun to show them here as a pair. The Victoriatus is valued at ½ the Quadrigatus. My coins weigh 2.97 grams and 6.22 grams respectively.

If you have a pair or a set of coins that you like to display together, please post a photo! Whether it is two coins or 12 Caesars, please post ‘em if you got ‘em.

 

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I specifically sought out a left facing portrait aureus of Faustina to match with my Antoninus Pius, making a nice family pair:

 

Both are lovely coins. I especially like the quadrigatus.

Here are three coins from Aeolis, Kyme, each depicting different animals.

AEOLIS, KYME
AR Hemiobol
OBVERSE: Eagle's head left, KY to left (M beneath the head, nearly off flan)
REVERSE: Quadrapartite incuse square of mill-sail pattern
Struck at Aeolis, 450BC
.46g, 7mm
SNG Cop 32

AEOLIS, KYME
AE 11
OBVERSE: AΡIΣT-ANΔΡOΣ, eagle standing right
REVERSE: K-Y, one-handled vase
Struck at Aeolis, 300-200BC
1.36g, 11mm
Sear #4187; SNG Copenhagen 41-3

AEOLIS, KYME
AE 18
OBVERSE: Head of the Amazon Kyme right, wearing taenia
REVERSE: Horse advancing right; KY above, jug below raised leg; ΠΥΘΙΩΝ (Phytas(?) in ex. Magistrate
Struck at Aeolis, 250-200BC
7.39g, 18mm
SNG Cop 101

 

VERY nice pair! VERY nice coins! Love them! This is the area I enjoy...

How about a Quadrigatus DIDRACHM and a Quadrigatus DRACHM... they were stuck virtually at the same time:

RR Quadrigatus Didrachm 225-215 BCE Cr 28-3 S 31


Roman Republic
AR Drachm or Half-Quadrigatus (precursor to the Victoriatus)
216-214 BCE
Janus
ROMA Jupiter Victory Quadriga LEFT
Sear 32; Crawford 29/3
Note the quadriga is galloping to the LEFT on the Half-Quadrigatus Drachm vs. galloping right on the full Quadrigatus Didrachm.

 

Sorry for all the Islamic numismatics overload lately. If I've bored you, please accept my apologies.

These two definitely deserve to be displayed together:

Coin #1 is when the Umayyad dynasty was at the height of it's power and preeminence, and masters of the whole Middle East, Persia, North Africa, Northern India, and Iberia (Spain). Basically, they controlled the entire Muslim world.

Coin #2 is from a time where the Umayyad dynasty had lost everything, and only controlled 2/3 of Iberia and one or two tiny spits of land in North Africa, and was nearing the collapse of the dynasty.

So one coin reminds us of what it is to be great, and the other that all greatness is fleeting, and nothing lasts forever!


Umayyad Caliphate


Umayyads of Spain (Caliphate of Cordoba)

 

The two denarii of Emesa mint by Septimius Severus and Julia Domna above not only used the same reverse type but the same basket of fruit reverse die. This is unusual in Roman coins but was done at Emesa where the practices were not always exactly as they were at Rome.

 

Very good coins and pairs of coins

What about Balbinus and Pupienus (all time friends.....)




Q

 

LOL!!! NICE LOVING pair!!!

Someday, maybe both with a PAX reverse???

 

Balbinus and Pupienus both in Great condition, congrats!

 

A fun display of the reverse


Julia Domna

Gordian III

 

i hope no one minds if i show some "modern" coins for my pair. these were struck however, more like ancients in terms of how they were manufactured.

here's the first.



here's the second, dime to show size...



and the obverse...



if you haven't seen this stuff, it's russian "wire money", these are from ivan the teirrble, 16th century.

they use tiny little pieces of silver were smaller than the dies i guess, so you almost never get the whole thing on one piece. the reverses of these two coins together almost give me a full reverse legend...i may be missing a letter or so. but the legends fit together great. i even keep them in the same flip...there's plenty of room.

 

Here is a pair of ancient Lakshmi plaque coins found together - one is exactly 1/4 the other. It was once thought they were votive offerings but it turns out that they are in fact coins with denominations. Certainly they should be displayed together!

 

Speaking of coin coin displays - I so badly want to make this 19th century 8" glass display dome work.



Its been done before...

 

A set of Claudius coins I find that have fun reverses is his ''CONSTANTIA'' and '' MINERVA ADVANCING" these warlike figures fascinate me, the first is an AS minted between 50-54 AD, 11.2gm RIC 95 showing Constantia raising hand and holding spear and the next two are Minerva advancing minted by Claudius 42 AD, 10gm. RIC 116 and a restoration issue by Domitian 40 years later portraying the popular Minerva advancing. Sear 2899, 9.4 gm.

 

Here is a cool display for the kids: Jk

Victim:


Murderer (murdered in turn by his troops)


Not sure what educational value it would have for the kiddies, other than being Emperor/King is not all it's cracked out to be, and can more accurately be described as ruling with the ever present sight of a sword hanging over your head waiting to strike it off.

Here is another Murdered and Murderer combo:

Not only did Maximinus Thrax off Alexander Severus, he even stole his likeness in the first few months of his reign

Murdered Mama's Boy


Barbarian Thug who stole his throne and likeness

 

I like common themes...



Or a complete type set:

 

Third from bottom...nice, point intact. Actually, I like them all. Well done.

 

Another fun display: Spanish Emperors of the Roman Empire

(Trajan) Born in Italica, Spain


(Hadrian) Born in Italica, Spain


I bet you a lot of people don't know Hadrian was a Spaniard. Everyone knows Trajan was one though.

 

Wonderful posts everyone!!!

Here's a 'odd couple' with 'fun reverses'-----

 

Oh man, both of those are in my Want List. Goat ridden by naked mythical being and human skin draped around one's shoulders like a nice fur stole...what's not to love about that combo?