Hello everyone! Just wanted to present myself as new member, my name is Michael and I have been collecting Roman Republican coins for about two years now. I collect in higher grades as much as I can. Here I'm sharing a selection of some of my finest acquisitions in 2018. I hope you enjoy them
Welcome @Michael Stolt to the Ancients! I also focus in the Republic ! You have some very nice examples, congrats! Oh, I see you have a Marsic Confederation too... ditto! Yours is very nice. Marsic denarius 89 BCE Bovianum-Asernia-Samnia HN Italy 407 Sear 230 SCARCE @ancientcoinguru collects RR's and shares a similar avatar with the same coin... cool!
Welcome to CoinTalk! What a great group of RR coins! I hope you stick around and share your 2019 additions.
Thank you. Social War coinage is just awesome in it's own way. And I love personifications, so I needed Italia for this little lovely trio of "Latin Europe" Hispania, Gallia, and Italia represented in all their glory over here
Nice collection!! Glad to see you here and look forward to seeing some more of your collection and your 2019 additions as they come.
Well done! I focus on History, so my collecting is not so much the coin, rather what was going on during its manufacturing (ok, MINTING). Gorgeous Trio, and nice representation!
Hello @Michael Stolt from another Michael. Great selection of Republican coins there - my main focus is Imperials, but your group of coins is superb. I hope you stick around Cointalk.
Welcome @Michael Stolt some extremely nice coins you have there, most are worthy of their own post. Congrats on a great year and looking forward to seeing more of your acquisitions.
Thank you The year has actually started of very well with a very exciting win over at Naumann today I will post it here as soon as it arrives
Just a query @Michael Stolt I notice the bottom right corner is a similar coin to my 46-45 BC Julius Caesar, with head of victory on obverse, have you got some details on it you can share. My coin below.
Oh I'm new, I've listened a lot to senior collectors during my short time collecting which has helped me enormously though. A lifelong passion for history and archaeology in general helps too of course
Off the top of my head, I don't think @Volodya or @red_spork will mind your presence, at all. Welcome, and awesome additions. I always enjoy seeing posts members that deal with higher end examples, only.
Thank you very much! I started off with a mix of Greeks/Provincials/Imperials, with a focus on Claudius provincials, then the love for the Republic came
Fulvia, first wife of Mark Antony. Circa 41-40 BC. Æ 23 (7.48 g). Zmertorix, the son of Philonides, magistrate. Minted in Eumeneia (as Fulviana), PHRYGIA. Obverse: Bust of Fulvia (as Victory) right. Reverse: Minerva standing left, holding shield and spear; [ΦOYΛOYIANON] in right field, [Z]MEPTOPIΓOΣ/[Φ]IΛΩNIΔOΥ] in two lines in left field. Reference: RPC I 3139 "Fulvia (c. 83 BC – 40 BC) was an aristocratic Roman woman who lived during the Late Roman Republic. She gained access to power through her marriage to three of the most promising men of her generation, Publius Clodius Pulcher, Gaius Scribonius Curio, and Mark Antony. All three husbands were politically active populares, tribunes, and supporters of Julius Caesar. Though she is more famous for her involvement in Antony's career, many scholars believe that she was politically active with all of her husbands." "Fulvia married Mark Antony in 44 BC, and became an outspoken defender of his interests in Rome while he campaigned in the East. The city of Eumenia (where this coin was struck) was re-named Fulviana in her honor by Antony's partisans. By 40 BC Fulvia's strident attacks on Octavian caused a great deal of trouble for Antony, who upbraided her for antagonizing Octavian, with whom he was trying to maintain a semblance of cordial relations. Fulvia died at Sicyon shortly thereafter. Sometime afterward these coins struck at "Fulviana" had their ethnic scratched off, and two countermarks were applied (this specimen got away) : one may be resolved as Eumeneia; the other as Philonidos, although Zmertorix himself has been suggested). These countermarks suggest that, rather than melting down the coinage of Fulvia and striking new coins, a more expeditious solution was required to keep needed currency in circulation."
The bottom right coin is a provincial coin minted by Antonian partisans in the city of Eumeneia (Temporarily renamed Fulviana/Fulvianon) in Phrygia, the bust on the obverse most likely represents Fulvia, Antonys first wife. I do believe the bust on your specimen is just a generic representation of Victory though.
