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Theme: Neptune


Postumus, 259-268. Gallo Roman Empeeror.
Neptune, standing with dolphin and trident
NEPTVNO REDUCI
Saer III 10963. RIC 76

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ROMAN REPUBLIC
Manius Acilius Glabrio, moneyer
AR Denarius. 3.78g, 19mm. Rome mint, 49 BC. Crawford 442/1a; Sydenham 922. O: Laureate head of Salus right; SALVTIS behind. R: Valetudo standing left holding serpent and leaning elbow on column; MN ACILIVS III VIR VALETV around.
Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection, ANS 1001.1.12776

Glabrio was the stepson and a supporter of Pompey Magnus. Salus on the obverse may refer to Pompey and his optimates fighting to preserve the health (salus) of the Republic.

Valetudo on the reverse was the goddess of physical well-being. It has been suggested that the Acilia were possibly responsible for the early promotion of private medical practice in Rome, and this may be a reference. It may also refer to Pompey's recovery from a grave illness the year before the coin was issued, an event which was widely celebrated throughout Italy.

Next: Pompey the Great

 

Pompey the Great


RImp Pompey 42-38 BC AE As Janus Prow Magnus Sear 1394 Craw 479-1

Next Up: SULLA

 

L CORNELIUS SULLA & L MALIUS ROMAN REPUBLIC; GENS CORNELIA
AR Denarius
OBVERSE: Helmeted head of Roma right, L MANLI PROQ
REVERSE: Triumphator in quadriga right, crowned by Victory, L SVLLA IMP in ex.
Rome 82 BC
3.9g, 17mm
Cr367/5; Cornelia39

Next: Gens Cornelia

 

Denarius of Cassius Loginus
minted by Cornelius Lentulus Spinther
Crawford 500/3 42 B.C. Next coin Brutus

 

LIBERTAS
bust of Libertas right

BRVTVS in ex
Consul L Junius Brutus, between two lictors, preceeded by accensus, all walking left, .

Rome, 54 BC.

3.61g

Syd 906, Cr433/1, Junia 31.


Next the Triumvir Lepidus

 

LEPIDUS


RImp Spain Lepida-Clesa Lepidus - mon C Balbus L Porcius Colonia Victrix Ivlia Lepida Victory - Bull holed RPI 262 plate 19

Lepidus was Consul with Caesar in 46 BCE
Lepidus was a Triumvir with Octavian and Marc Antony 43-36 BCE

Next up: Carthage 2nd Punic War

 

Carthaginians in Italy Ar half Shekel HN 2016 215-211 B.C. Next Coin Rome Second Punic War

 

Does this count??


Syracuse, Sicily, Under Roman rule
AE22, Struck after 212 BC
Obverse: Helmeted head of Ares right.
Reverse: ΣYPA-KOΣI-ΩN, Nike Bouthutousa kneeling facing on bull crouching right, preparing to sacrifice it, with knife in right hand, arm raised.
References: SNG ANS 1087-9, Calciati 233
Size: 21.8mm, 8.5g
Notes: The figure of Nike sacrificing a bull, or Nike Bouthutousa, frequently appears in Classical art, representing the celebratory sacrifice for victory. Along with the portrait of Ares on the obverse, this coin may commemorate the recent capture by the Romans of the city of Syracuse in 212 BC. It was during the siege of this city that the mathematician and geometer Archimedes devised numerous engines by which the city might be saved. With the fall of Syracuse, Rome was able to cut off support for Hannibal, then in southern Italy, thereby forcing him to finally withdraw from the peninsula.

If so, next coin sacrificial bull.

 

I would say so...it's a Roman controlled area during the war, and the coin was issued under Roman authority. Think of it as provincial coinage before provincial coinage was a thing...as there really weren't any provinces yet. Who here would argue provincial coinage is not Roman?

 

Makes sense. Thanks, @Sallent !

 

I agree with @Sallent . In fact, with Rome wresting control of Sicily from Carthage and Syracuse during the 2nd Punic War, effectively this was the first Province. Ergo, the Roman Empire was born... and it was as a Republic for almost 200 years prior to the "Imperial" period or the "Empire"

Cool beans on this little gem @Justin Lee !

 

To quote from @Ed Snible 's website: "The bull’s head, sometimes bound with a sacrificial fillet, is perhaps symbolical of some special sacrifice in honour of the national eponymous hero, Phokos, to whom there was a temple called the Heroön of the hero Archagetas, where sacrifices were offered daily throughout the year; and, presumably at certain stated times, a great sacrifice on behalf of the whole people, when a prize bull may have been the victim."


Phokis, Federal Coinage, triobol, ca. 490–485 BC. Obv: frontal bull's head. Rev: head of Artemis r. set diagonally in incuse square, Φ-O[-K-I] around. 13mm, 2.63g. Ref: see BCD Lokris–Phokis 189; see Williams 1972, no. 17. Ex Savoca London, 2nd Blue Auction, lot 105.

Next: a large reptile

 

Augustus Agrippa As or Dupondius Nemausus Rv. Crocodile chained to palm 9-3 B.C. RIC 158 Next coin Augustus

 

Oh well, an excuse for my favourite Augustus pic again

RIC 199 - Augustus / Gaius on horseback.




Next - someone else on horseback.

 

anonymous variation of the dolphin series, RRC 80/1b .. Cr. 80

Next: Liberty cap (pileus) ... if you've been holding back your Eid Mar.. now's your chance! ... if not I will settle for Libertas (boo!!)

 

Pileus

Mine

Slavei

Next up: Brutus

 

ROMAN REPUBLIC
AR Denarius. Holed. 3.58g, 20.8mm. Rome mint, 54 BC. M. Junius Brutus, moneyer. Crawford 433/1; Sydenham 906. O: Head of Libertas right; LIBERTAS behind. R: The consul L. Junius Brutus walking left between two lictors, each carrying fasces over shoulder, preceded by an accensus; BRVTVS in exergue.
Ex Michael Kelly Collection

Next: Holed coin

 

Commemorative Series
Mint Rome
348 AD
Obvs: RO MA, Helmeted and mantled bust of Roma left.
Revs: Emperor standing facing, head left, wearing military attire, holding spear and shield. P–R across field.
AE 15x16mm, 2.03g
Ref: RIC VIII 104

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