Post Your Favorite or Most Beautiful Denarii

THE REPUBLIC

I have bunches. Here are a few random ones:

Brutus' buddy in cutting up Caesar...

RR Gaius Cassius Longinus & P Corn Lentulus Spinther AR den 42 BCE military mint Brutus Cassius Smyrna Libertas r- jug & lituus 18mm 3.3g



RR L Cornelius Scipio Asiaticus Asiagenus AR Serrate Denarius 4.0g 19mm Rome 106 BCE Hd Jupiter l - Jupiter quad r scepter tbolt L•SCIP•ASIAG B Cr 311-1e Syd 576


I like this for the beautiful serene reverse

RR Anon AR Denarius 115-114BCE Rome mint 19.52mm 3.82g ROMA X Seated r on shields spear birds she-wolf Romulus Remus Cr 287-1 S 164


Iconic Rome - Gladiators

RR AR denarius 3.8g 18.0mm T Didius Rome 113-112 BCE Roma star ROMA mono - Two Gladiators whip sword S 171 CR 294-1



RR Anon AR denarius Roma 211-206 BCE ROMA incus Dioscuri single horn-helmet Sear-- Craw 68-1b SICILY ISSUE RARE


My first Denarius...

RR M Furius LF Philus AR Denarius 119 BCE Janus Sear 156


Then I had to go and screw it up...

RR M Furius ERROR DOUBLE-STRIKE AR Den119 BC Janus Trophy Carnyx S 156 Cr 281-1

 

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Awesome coins, Everyone

 

some great coins here!


RR Denarius ; L. Farsuleius Mensor; circa 75 BC
Obv - Diademed and draped bust of Libertas r.; to right MENSOR; behind, S•C / pileus.
Rev - Warrior in biga, holding spear and reins, assists togate figure into biga; below horses, LX; in ex - L•FARSVLEI.
Crawford 392/1b.



RR Denarius ; C Memmius C F; Rome, 56 BC.
Obv - Laureate head of Quirinus r; to right - C MEMMI C F; to left - QVIRINVS
Rev - Ceres seated r; around - MEMMIVS AED CERIALIA PREIMVS FECIT
Cr.427/2;

 

A coin collector might interpret "beautiful" as requiring high grade. High grade is nice, but many coins can be very attractive without it. Another interpretation of "beautiful" might be "artistic composition well executed."



The obverse has Roma helmeted right, X behind, and ROMA below.
The reverse has Roma seated right on a pile of arms (with shields and helmet), holding spear in left, to right, she wolf and twins, in fields left and right, birds flying.

Crawford 287/1. Sear 164. Anonymous, struck 115 or 114 BC.

The reverse centering is remarkable on a 20 mm flan. Everything on the die made it onto the flan. The composition is beautiful. However, it is an anonymous type and we don't know who was the moneyer responsible for this charming issue.

 

So many beautiful coins here, both in artistry and condition. Here's a few of my favorites in no particular order...

P. Licinius Nerva, one of my favorite coins in my collection, which recently made my top 10 list for 2018.


Another one from the same list, an anonymous denarius from after 212 BC, the first of the standard weight denarii that would dominate the Roman monetary system until the 3rd century AD.

Julius Caesar, because it's Julius Caesar.


Sergius Silus, because decapitation is fun.


A Trajan Arabia denarius which needs a new photo.


And maybe I'm biased since I just got this one in the mail a few days ago, but this Julia Domna Venus-and-butt (supposedly from Emesa, but I haven't gotten to research it yet) is really beautiful, and not just because of the type. I think it has a great style, and is struck with very high quality metal compared to a lot of denarii from the period.

 

Some fantastic Denarius everybody, real eye catches. My collection is more bronzes but here is a few notable Denarius.
Nero. Temple of Vesta.

C Minucius Augurinus 135 BC

A/Pius Temple of Augustus.

Villa Publica 55 BC.

Trajan's column.


Titus Rostral column 79 AD.

 

Great thread! Haven't been on CT much in the last week, but I can't not participate in this one!

 

Ten of my favorites. Not necessarily the highest grade, but all beautiful to me.

 

One of my favorites... it looks better not perfect.

 

Ooh, I ended up with too many, so this post has a shotgun approach - maybe there will be some that will appeal to others too Some pics are mine, the better ones were taken by the sellers...

Cr. 425/1 - this is a recent upgrade and a nice lustrous tone.

Cr 424/1 - I like this Venus a lot. The temple on the reverse at Eryx is gone, but I've been to the impressive temple at Segesta, which was nearby and has survived.

Cr 419/1b - first purchase of 2018 and I find the obverse attractive.

Cr. 427/1 - needs a proper photo' without Ceres being manhandled.

Cr. 428/2 - nasty lump of solder or something on the reverse; otherwise can be ABSOLVO'd.

I just noticed that all the preceding were between Cr. 419 & Cr. 428. This is Cr. 401/1 - the reverse misses SICIL at the bottom, but otherwise is all there.

Cr. 361/1c - the die number is off-flan, but this has a lovely reflective reverse.

Cr. 407/2 - there's a nice one in a post above - the obverse is off-centre, otherwise this would be fairly perfect.

Cr. 480/1 - a Sulla's Dream fourrée with a provenance back to 1913, when it also had the broken-off bit.

RIC 404B (Antoninus Pius) - fairly worn, but I like the simple reverse and it was well-struck once upon a time.

Cr. 410/5 - back to the RR stuff.

RIC 347 - this deserves a new photo'.

RIC 23a - I used to collect the coins of Antoninus Pius.

RIC 51a - last one, I promise!


I got carried away

Happy Christmas & New Year, folks.
Aidan.

 

Oh, wow! I’m impressive with this denarii parade!
My two denarii posted on this wonderful thread are not my beautiful or favorite, but both are my most recent additions, with Pietas on obverse:

Despite different moneyers and gens ( Postumia and Hostilia, respectively ), these two were struck in 48BC.
I think that Pietas was fashionable that summer!

 

Piety is always going in and out of fashion

 

Well, I don't know if I have an especially beautiful one, but I will "call" ACH's Neptune denarius, even if I can't raise the stakes.

 

Here's a few I find attractive.

Vespasian











Titus




Domitian

 

What an attractive run of denarii folks !

I have too many I like that I would like to show.
Here are two group shots of the republic and empire

Republic in silver



30 denarii of the empire

Q

 

This is a decent coin but it is Rome mint. There are several styles from each mint but this is clearly Rome. All Eastern coins (and a few Rome) show drapery hanging down on both sides while most Rome denarii have the drapery on the right (like yours) or left but not both.
Eastern:

Some but far from all Eastern coins changed the reverse legend to VICTOR.

 

Beautiful denarii. I would post Pius, Macrinus and Caracalla.