Added a new Roman Republic from Ken, something I lack in numbers next to greeks. C. Fundanius (101 B.C.) AR Denarius O: Helmeted head of Roma right, I and dot behind. R: Triumphator in quadriga right, holding scepter and laurel branch, a youth riding the nearest horse holding laurel branch, Q above, C FVNDAN in exergue. Rome Mint 3.80g 19mm Fundania1 // Crawford326/1 // Sydenham583
Sad. Maybe you can bribe JA into making me your Secret Santa. Ill get you a decent budget Roma denarius.
The more I see them, the more I love RR coins. Not that I really specialize in them, but in the end I find myself having 40+ of them Nice catch @Mat Q
My example of this coin. It's worth noting that the coin may commemorate Marius' triumph in 101 BC and the figures depicted may be Marius himself and his 8-year-old son:
Very nice @Mat !! Of course, the example @Volodya posted is spectacular! At last count, I have at least 50-75 Republicans including a smattering of Imperatorials----and tend to go after examples with significant variation in devices, like the two below.....the third is one I've been unsuccessfully chasing for over a year now:
Great Denarius @Mat ! Knowing you, you got it for an incredible deal, especially since RR Dens are rising in price! Super centering, and I always like Q coins as many times they are struck under a Quaestor under the Senate's directive. I believe this was struck to honor Marius' victories... I have the QUINARIUS version from that year, and it looks like I need to search for YOUR version to fill up my Sulla/Marius issues... RR Fundanius AR Quinarius 101 BCE Marius triumph Jupiter E control - Victory captive carnyx Q Sear 205 Craw 326-2. These were revived Quinarii for Marius' triumph over the Teutones, Ambrones, and Cimbri. The Q is the denomination, as this is a revived denomination from over 100 years not used. It used design elements from the Victoriatus.
The connection between that type (and @Alegandron's) to the Marius victories is awesome... great coin!! The closest republicans I have are a couple also associated with Marius. The first is a coin of Saturninus, who was Marius' tame tribune of the plebs. A very colourful character, he helped Marius secure land for his veterans and brought in a law to subsidize grain for the urban population. He was opposed by the aristocrats, who eventually issued a senatus consultum ultimum directing Marius to defend the state, after Saturninus had assassinated a candidate for the consulship. Marius defeated a rabble and tried to spare Saturninus by securing him in the Curia, but he was killed by members of the aristocratic party who climbed onto the roof and pelted him with heavy roof tiles. This coin was issued in 104 BC, when Saturninus was fired from his quaestorship, pushing him into the arms of Marius and the populist party. And this coin was issued in 100 BC, the year of Saturninus's death. It was issued to mark the passage of, and pay for, the Marius/Saturninus law subsidizing grain for the people of Rome. AD FRVmentum EMVndum = "for buying grain". Ironically, the issuers, L. Calpurnius Piso and particularly Q. Servilius Caepio, led the aristocratic opposition to Saturninus and Marius. (Caepio was also the father of Julius Caesar's mistress, Servilia.)
