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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2431217, member: 56859&quot;]Another Republican from last night&#039;s CrackOut party <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.&nbsp; I&#039;m thrilled with this purchase and love the youthful and sweet portrait of Mercury.&nbsp;&nbsp; Its scarcity and shockingly low hammer are nice bonuses <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]505197[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>ROMAN REPUBLIC, M. Piso M.f. Frugi</b></p><p>58 BCE (redated from Crawford&#039;s 61 BCE by Hersh and Walker, 1984)</p><p>AR denarius, 20 mm, 3.94 gm</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; terminal bust of Mercury right, wearing winged diadem; calix below chin; to left, star above wreath; dotted border</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; M·PISO·M·F / FRVGI above secespita (sacrificial knife) and patera; all within laurel wreath</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; Crawford 418/2b; Sydenham 825; Calpurnia 23</p><p><i>formerly slabbed, NGC XF, 4/5 strike, 4/5 surface</i></p><p><br /></p><p>The Frugi most of us have seen is L. Capurnius Piso Frugi, who issued an extensive series of denarii with Apollo/horseman galloping.&nbsp; That&#039;s a fun and important series although I still don&#039;t have any from him <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I am confused about Crawford&#039;s take on who exactly this later Frugi is.&nbsp; I&#039;ve read the passage five times and still don&#039;t understand.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie10" alt=":oops:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Instead I&#039;ll trust <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/ahala_rome/5099551025/in/album-72157651053895556/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/ahala_rome/5099551025/in/album-72157651053895556/" rel="nofollow">Andrew McCabe&#039;s description</a>:</p><p><br /></p><p>Lucius Calpurnius Piso Pontifex, owner of the villa and brother-in-law of Julius Caesar - Caesar&#039;s wife was Calpurnia - left an elegant portrait bust which somehow bears similarities to Julius Caesar though not of blood family. The Calpurnia gens had an history of pontifical appointments. This coin of 58BC likely of an uncle, Marcus Piso Frugi, shows the pontifical implements: patera, knife and dish. The word pontifex literally means bridge-maker and their role was to maintain peace with the gods, by ensuring religious procedures and ceremonies were properly followed. In contrast with many other religions, being a pontifex was no bar to political office or military leadership. Indeed it was a useful source of secondary power - the ability to commune with the gods - and much sought after by leading men of the Roman Republic.</p><p><br /></p><p>...</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Terminal bust of Mercury&quot;--&nbsp; the coin represents an apparently common statue of Mercury.&nbsp; From <a href="https://books.google.co.vi/books?id=-SMEAAAAYAAJ&amp;source=gbs_navlinks_s" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://books.google.co.vi/books?id=-SMEAAAAYAAJ&amp;source=gbs_navlinks_s" rel="nofollow"><i>A Description of the Collection of Ancient Marbles in the British Museum</i>, W. Bulmer and Company, and sold at the British museum, 1845</a>:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]505213[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>...</p><p><br /></p><p>In researching comparisons prior to bidding, there weren&#039;t many data points.&nbsp; There was <a href="https://www.numisbids.com/n.php?p=lot&amp;sid=1513&amp;lot=1835" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.numisbids.com/n.php?p=lot&amp;sid=1513&amp;lot=1835" rel="nofollow">another example in the NAC auction</a> which closed just a couple of days after I bought mine.&nbsp; I like mine better than the NAC coin shown below and I bought it for ~18% of the NAC coin&#039;s price <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie59" alt=":joyful:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.&nbsp; It all evens out though... I&#039;ve been known to overpay for a coin or two <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie10" alt=":oops:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.numisbids.com/sales/hosted/nac/092/image01835.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>...</p><p><br /></p><p>As usual, please post anything remotely related:&nbsp; Roman Republican coins from the time of the First Triumvirate, coins of Frugi (any Frugi <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />), Mercury, etc <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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