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AE POSEIDON

Lucania Paestum (Poseidoneia) 218-201 BCE AE Semuncia Poseidon-Dolphin (started cut for change) Craw 4-1

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Beardless laureate Janiform head of the Dioscuri XVI monogram below right chin, control letter R below left chin

C FONT (NT in monogram)
galley left ROMA below

Rome 114-113 BC

Sear 167, RRC 290/1

3.88g

Ex-Calgary Coin

This type honors the naval exploits of Publius Fonteius Capito, who was praetor in Sardinia in 169 BC. The obverse relates to the origin of the Fonteia gens, which claimed as its founder Fontus, the son of Janus, in whose honor the Fontinalia was held on October 13.

Next: Janus

 

Next up: early Republic bronze

 

Æ Aes Grave (cast) Quadrans

Head of young Hercules left, wearing lion skin; ••• (mark of value) to right; all on a raised disk

Prow of galley right; ••• (mark of value) below; all on a raised disk.

Rome, Circa 225-217 BC.

Libral standard

40mm; 58.73g

Crawford 35/4; ICC 80; HN Italy 340; RBW 88

aVF for type

Next: Another early cast bronze

 

Enter Froggy!

Apulia Luceria, AE Unica, circa 225-217 BC.

45.7 grams



Next: A provincial tetradrachm of Hadrian.

 

Hadrian Ar Cistophoric Tetradrachm Nicomedia 128 AD Obv. Head right laureate. Rv. Facade of the octastyle Temple of Rome and Augustus. RPC III 968 10.54 grms 25 mm Ooops In response to Bing Sorry Next coin Hadrian

 

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Hadrian, As - Rome mint, AD 126
HADRIANUS AVGVSTVS, Laureate head of Hadrian right
SALVS AVGVSTI COS III, Salus standing left feeding snake arising from altar. SC in field
11.24 gr
Ref : RCV # 3692, Cohen # 1357

Next : Salus

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Roman Republic, Manius Acilius Glabrio, AR Denarius, 50 BCE (Harlan and BMCRR) or 49 BCE (Crawford), Rome Mint. Obv. Laureate head of Salus right, wearing necklace and earring, with hair collected behind in knot ornamented with jewels, SALVTIS upwards behind head / Rev. Valetudo* [Harlan says portrayal is of a statue of Valetudo] standing left, holding snake with right hand and resting left arm on column, MN•ACILIVS [downwards on right] III•VIR•VALETV [upwards on left] [MN and TV monogrammed]. RSC I Acilia 8, Crawford 442/1a, Sydenham 922, Sear RCV I 412 (ill.), Harlan, RRM II Ch. 30 at pp. 229-238, BMCRR Rome 3945. 17.5 mm., 3.98 g.



* Valetudo was essentially another manifestation of Salus (portrayed on the obverse), the goddess of health and well-being -- a concept sometimes “extended to include not only physical health but also the general welfare of the Roman people, the army and the state.” John Melville Jones, Dictionary of Ancient Roman Coins (London, 1990) at p. 276. This is the only Roman coin to depict a personification of Valetudo. See id. at p. 314. . . . . Harlan suggests that the specific inspiration for the depictions on this coin was Pompey’s grave illness around the time the coin was issued, and that the coin equated the health of Pompey with the health of the Republic: “If the coin is dated to 50, by the end of the year, anyone who saw Salus and Valetudo on the coinage could only call to mind the national concern, and then the universal relief and thanksgiving over Pompey’s return to health. Whatever the intended meaning, certainly by the end of the year 50 the coin could easily be seen as a piece of Pompeian propaganda proclaiming that they are the ones protecting the state and Caesar is the threat to the safety of the Republic.” (RRM II at pp. 232-233.) Harlan also estimates, based on the number of known different obverse and reverse dies, that nearly 11 million of these denarii were minted (the most during this time-period), and suggests that they were intended to be used to pay the 130,000 troops that the Senate authorized Pompey to raise in preparation for the coming conflict. (Id. p. 234.)

Next: another snake or serpent. (And what's the difference between those two anyway?)

 

Athens New Style Tetradrachm c 152/1 BC
Obs : Athena Parthenos right in tri-form helmet
33mm 16.92 g Thompson Issue 13
Thompson catalogue: Obs 80 ?? : Rev 79a
Rev : AΘE ethnic
Owl Standing on overturned panathenaic amphora
on which month mark Ζ
XM monogram left, AΦN monogram right
2 magistrates : MOSCHOS PHANIAS
RF symbol : 2 Serpents
All within a surrounding olive wreath

NEXT:Lovely reverse shame about the obverse

 

Julia Maesa. Augusta AD 218-224. Rome
Denarius AR
19 mm., 2,72 g.
RIC IV Elagabalus 268 ; RSC 36
Date Range: AD 218 - AD 222
Obverse Legend: IVLIA MAESA AVG
Type: Bust of Julia Maesa, hair waved and turned up low at the back, draped, right
Reverse Legend: PVDICITIA
Type: Pudicitia, draped, seated left, drawing veil over face with right hand and holding sceptre in left hand

Next - excellent obverse, problems on the reverse

 

There's nothing expecially wrong with the reverse here - maybe many years of "Cabinet Friction" - but the obverse is much nicer.

Augustus denarius
Obv.: DIVI F AVGVSTVS - Laureate head right
Rev.: C CAES - Caius Caesar galloping right, holding a sword in right hand and shield in left; behind, Aquila between two standards
Exergue:
Mint: Lugdunum (8 BC)
Wt./Size/Axis: 3.65g / 18.5mm / 6h
References:

• RIC 199
• RSC 40

Acquisition: Naville Numismatics Online Auction NN Live Auction 20 #490 7-Feb-2016




Next - another denarius of Augustus.

 

next: OB CIVIS SERVATOS

 

This should be close enough, even though it's in abbreviated form:

Galba AR Denarius, Aug-Oct 68 AD Rome Mint. Obv. Bare head right, IMP SER GALBA AVG / Rev. S P Q R/ O • B/ C S [OB CS = OB CIVES SERVATOS (For Saving the Citizens)] in three lines within oak wreath. RIC I 167, RSC II 287, Sear RCV I 2109 (ill.). 18.33 mm., 3.29 g.




Next, more Galba.

 

Here's my only Galba bronze, or any other metal.

I'm not sure if this is a dupondius or as.

The obverse die is interesting in that the A in Galba's name takes a little detour around the edge of a leaf in his laurel wreath.



Next: In honor of Faustina Friday, how about your favorite portrait of Faustina, Junior or Senior?

 

This one is pretty fine style, and has an incredible forest-green patina.


Next: oversized flan (ie, die is smaller than the flan)

 

Here's an owl with the obverse die crammed to one side of the flan, and yet with nearly full detail, no small feat given the compact nature of the flan.

The obverse die is the smallest I have seen used for this type.



Next: Let's continue the theme: undersize die used on an oversize flan.

 

Nice one Robin! Impressive for sure.

A solid 2-3mm of excess flan on this guy. This is probably the most ragged flan I've ever seen. Like a drop of slag that fell on the floor.


NEXT: let's reverse the theme and go for undersized flans on a large die.

 

These guys are often a trade off of what part of the griffin's head you like:

Next up: archaic silver