21-April: Happy Birthday ROME!

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  1. Alegandron

    Alegandron "ΤΩΙ ΚΡΑΤΙΣΤΩΙ..." ΜΕΓΑΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ, June 323 BCE

    I don't have a Roman Oath Scene, but I have the Marsic Confederation Oath Scene representing the Eight Tribes in Rebellion.
     
    Alegandron, Apr 21, 2016
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  3. Mikey Zee

    Mikey Zee Delenda Est Carthago

    I'm missing that as well......and I think I recall seeing yours (or one similar--the auctions are overloading my brain LOL) and I'll be after that type for months yet to come. I 'swear' those oath coins are tough to wino_O:D
     
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  4. Alegandron

    Alegandron "ΤΩΙ ΚΡΑΤΙΣΤΩΙ..." ΜΕΓΑΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ, June 323 BCE

    Marsic Confederation - Social War 91-88 BCE
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    Marsic Confederation / Italian Allies
    Social War 90-88 BCE
    AR Denarius
    19x17.9mm, 3.7g
    Anonymous Issue, Corfinium Mint
    Obv: Italia head, l, ITALIA behind
    Rev: Oath-taking scene with eight warriors, four on each side, pointing their swords towards a sacrificial pig, which is held by an attendant kneeling at the foot of a standard.
    Comment: The reverse is based on the gold Stater and Half-Stater from the Second Punic War
    Ref: Sear 227; SYD 621
    Rare

    Comment: The oath taking scene presumably refers to the oaths between the 8 members of the Marsic confederation: Marsi, Peligni, Piceni, Vestini, Samnites, Frentani, Marrucini, and Lucani.
     
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    Alegandron, Apr 21, 2016
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  5. dougsmit

    dougsmit Member

    There are no coins from the time of the founding but Romulus as an adult does appear on this Hadrian denarius.
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  6. Alegandron

    Alegandron "ΤΩΙ ΚΡΑΤΙΣΤΩΙ..." ΜΕΓΑΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ, June 323 BCE

    Very nice...you don't run across Romulus as an adult very much, and he was Rome's First King...
     
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  7. stevex6

    stevex6 Random Mayhem

    HAPPY B-DAY ROME!!

    => yeeehaaaa, I'm wearin' a birthday cake for a hat!!

    Julia Mamaea b.jpg
     
    stevex6, Apr 21, 2016
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  8. 7Calbrey

    7Calbrey Well-Known Member

    I think, with an olive branch, the Roman god of war is celebrating the birthday of a new era of peace and love for all the peoples under Roman rule. Roman O c 001.jpg Roman R c 001.jpg
     
    7Calbrey, Apr 21, 2016
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  9. dlhill132

    dlhill132 Member

    Super nice coins everyone.

    rome3.jpg
     
    dlhill132, Apr 21, 2016
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  10. Collect89

    Collect89 Coin Collector

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    Collect89, Apr 22, 2016
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  11. Alegandron

    Alegandron "ΤΩΙ ΚΡΑΤΙΣΤΩΙ..." ΜΕΓΑΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ, June 323 BCE

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  12. Mikey Zee

    Mikey Zee Delenda Est Carthago

    Absolutely!! It reminds me more of a 'medallion' than a coin---Fabulous!!
     
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