..in celebration of the horse on Roman republic denarii..here's mine, show yours! POST YER COIN N COMMENTS PEEPS!
ANONYMOUS ROMAN REPUBLIC AR Didrachm L. CAECILIUS METELLUS DIADEMATUS M CARBOI ROMAN REPUBLIC AR Denarius M SERGIUS SILUS ROMAN REPUBLIC AR Denarius L PHILIPPUS ROMAN REPUBLIC; GENS MARCIA AR Denarius
Great coins, @ominus1 and everyone else! Some examples of my own, in no particular order: Ti. Claudius Ti.f. Ap.n. Nero [Tiberius Claudius Nero, son of Tiberius and grandson of Appius], AR Serrate Denarius, 78 BCE, Crawford 383/1: L. [Lucius] Calpurnius Piso Frugi, AR Denarius, 90 BCE, Crawford 340/1: Gaius Calpurnius Piso Frugi, AR Denarius, 67, 63, or 61 BCE, Crawford 408/1a: C. Marcius Censorinus, AR Denarius, Rome 88 BCE, Crawford 346/1i (desultor riding two horses): Triga 1 -- T. Ma[n]l [= T. Manlius, T. Mallius, or T. Maloleius], Ap. Cl. [= Ap. Claudius Pulcher or Ap. Claudius Nero], and Q. Vr. [= Quintus Urbinius or, according to lesser authority, a reference to the first two moneyers as Quaestores Urbani), 111-110 BCE, Crawford 299/1b: Triga 2 -- C. Naevius Balbus, AR Serrate Denarius, 79 BCE, Crawford 382/1b: T. Cloelius, AR Denarius Rome 128 BCE, Crawford 260/1: Publius Fonteius P.f. Capito, AR Denarius 55 BCE, Crawford 429/1: C. Servilius M.f., AR Denarius 136 BCE, Crawford 239/1: M. Sergius Silus, AR Denarius, 116-115 BCE, Crawford 286/1 [photo of reverse only; I still have to photograph the obverse]:
Horseys! Always great... had many growing up, and a dozen on the farm I lived on when I expated in the UK... RR Anon AR denarius Roma 211-206 BCE ROMA incus Dioscuri single horn-helmet Sear-- Craw 68-1b SICILY ISSUE RARE RR AR Denarius 3.85g L Antestius Gragulus 136 BCE Rome mint Roma Jupiter quadriga tbolt Cr 238-1 Syd 451 RR M Vargunteius 130 BCE AR Denarius Roma Jupiter slow Quadriga Sear 133 Craw 257-1 RR Anon AR Heavy Denarius - Didrachm 275-270 BCE ROMANO Apollo Left-Galloping Horse Sear23 RR 234-231 BCE AR Heavy Denarius - Didrachm Apollo-Horse prancing Crawford 26-1 Sear 28
Here's a Lucius Calpurnius Piso Frugi, of which everyone seems to have an example. L. Calpurnius Piso Frugi, 90 BC. Roman AR denarius, 3.68 g, 18.1 mm, 8 h. Rome, 90 BC. Obv: Laureate head of Apollo right; ΨXXXVIII behind. Rev: Horseman right with palm-branch in left hand and reins in right hand; CVII above, L·PISO FRVGI / ROMA monogram below. Refs: Ghey, Leins & Crawford 340.1.84; RSC Calpurnia 11; Sydenham (CRR) 664b; BMCRR 1928; Sear 235. Notes: Double die match to BMC specimen. Believe it or not, this is my only horse biga in the Republican series. I wish the flans for these were large enough to contain the whole design. I purchased this one for Fulvia though, not the reverse. L. Mussidius Longus, Moneyer 42 BC. Roman Republican AR denarius, 3.48 gm, 16.4 mm, 4 h. Rome, 42 BC. Obv: Draped bust of Marc Antony's 3rd wife, Fulvia, as Victory, right. Rev: L·MVSSIDIVS LONGVS, Victory in biga right, holding reins in both hands. Refs: RRC 494/40; BMCRR 4229; RCV 1517; Sydenham 1095; RSC Mussidia 4; Banti Mussidia 613. Everyone has one of these, too. L. Cupiennius, 147 BC. Roman Republican AR denarius, 3.89 g, 17.7 mm, 3 h. Rome, 147 BC. Obv: Helmeted head of Roma, right; cornucopiae behind; denominational mark X before. Rev: Dioscuri galloping right; L·CVP (VP ligatured) below; ROMA in exergue. Refs: Crawford (RRC) 218/1; RSC Cupiennia 1; Sydenham (CRR) 404; RCV 94.
Not I, I'm afraid: out of all my Roman Republican coins, I don't have a single one depicting the Dioscuri galloping together in the same direction, even though it seems that was the most common reverse type on Republican denarii for their first 60+ years. I do have one showing them riding in opposite directions (the C. Servilius posted above), and you've reminded me that I also have one showing them off their horses altogether, namely L. Memmius, AR Denarius 109-108 BCE, Crawford 304/1: I should be getting two more Roman Republican coins with horses in the mail one of these days, one of them purchased at a Cayon Subastas auction in late February(!) and finally sent to me two weeks ago, and the other purchased at the Roma Numismatics auction this morning. The way things are going, it wouldn't surprise me if I get the one I bought today first.
Ar Quinarius "MT" Unknown mint in Apulia 211-210 BC obv. Helmeted head of Roma right. Rv Dioscuri on horseback right charging with couched lances. Crawford 103/2a RBW 464 2.14 grms 15 mm Photo by W. Hansen Once the Romans adopted the denarius and its fractions it did not take them long to set up a system where the various authorities were required to mark their coins. This one is the initials M T. Again we know nothing about this individual.
Little horseys RR AR Sestertius After 211 BCE 12mm 1.0g Rome mint Roma r IIS - Dioscuri riding stars in ex ROMA Sear 46 Craw 44-7 RSC 4 1/4th of a Denarius or 2-1/2 Asses - IIS on the obverse means 2 Asses plus a Semis... 10 Asses to a Denarius at this time. 16 Asses to a Denarius did not happen until approx 142 BCE or soon after the THIRD Punic War 10-As Version RR Anon AR Heavy Denarius -Quadrigatus - Didrachm 225-215 BCE Incuse Roma Janus Jupiter Craw 28-3 Sear 31 5-As Version RR Anon AR Heavy Quinarius Quadrigatus Drachm 216-214 BCE Janus ROMA Jupiter Victory Quadriga LEFT Crawford 29-4 Sear 35
RR denarius of Albinus with three horsemen on reverse. RR denarius od A. Licinius Nerva with one-armed rider dragging enemy by his hair... Four horses of the aurora on the reverse of this RR denarius of Plautius... A couple of RR bronzes , Aes Grave of third century BCE to honor the horse... 2 trientes...
And I'm wrong again! Usually I have a decent memory for the ancient coins I own, especially the Roman Republican denarii; I'm not sure what's come over me. Perhaps it's that I always think of this as a "doggie coin," not a "horsey coin": Roman Republic, C. Antestius, AR Denarius 146 BCE. Obv. Head of Roma right wearing winged helmet with peaked visor (ornamented with griffin’s head?), pearl necklace, and earring of pellets in form of bunch of grapes, C • ANTESTI upwards behind [partially off flan, ANTE ligate], X [mark of value, 10 asses]* beneath chin / Rev. Dioscuri holding spears, on horseback galloping right; puppy running right below horses’ hooves, with both forefeet raised; in exergue, ROMA; minor flan flaws on reverse. Crawford 219/1e, RSC I Antestia 1, BMCRR I 859, Sear RCV I 95/1 (ill.), Sydenham 411. 19 mm.. 3.76 g., 3 h. Ex. CNG Auction 378, July 13, 2016, Lot 408; ex. RBW [Richard B. Witschonke] Collection; ex. BCD Collection [see old coin ticket], purchased by RBW from BCD March 1985; ex. ASW [Alan S. Walker, currently Dir. of Nomos AG]. ** [Footnotes omitted.]
Celtic Tribes. Geto-Dacian, Danube Region. AR Denarius (21mm, 3.53g, 8h). Contemporary Geto-Dacian imitation of a Roman Republican denarius. Imitates Q. Titius (circa 90 BC). Obv: Head of Liber (or Bacchus) right, wearing ivy wreath, linear border. Rev: ΘΠIΠ, Pegasus springing right from pedestal, linear border. Ref: Davis Class A, Group Ib, C28; Cf. prototype Crawford 341/2. Sydenham 692. Titia 2.
