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This is a single Briquet from Flanders.
3.01g GH 35-3a

 

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A denarius of Faustus Cornelius Sulla, son of the dictator Sulla

Roman Republic AR Denarius(18.5mm, 4.02 g, 9h), Faustus Cornelius Sulla, moneyer, 56 B.C., Rome mint. Head of young Hercules right, wearing lion skin headdress; behind, SC and monogram, downwards / Globe surrounded by three small wreaths and one large wreath; apluster to lower left, stalk of grain to lower right. Crawford 426/4a; Sydenham 882; Cornelia 61; RBW 1529; Banti Cornelia 86/5(this coin).

Ex CNG Electronic Auction 525 session 1, 19 October 2022, lot 789, ex JS collection, ex Numismatica Ars Classica Spring Sale 2021, 10 May 2021, lot 1081, ex Dr Angelo Signorelli collection, part II, P.P. Santamaria, 4 June 1952, lot 329

 

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Faustina senior, sestertius (AE 31 mm, 20.41 g)
RIC III Antoninus Pius 1146Ac

 

I love the emerald green toned examples

 

SEXTUS POMPEIUS FOSTLUS ROMAN REPUBLIC; GENS POMPEIA
AR Denarius
OBVERSE: Head of "Minerva or Pallas" (personification of Rome) with winged helmet, earrings and necklace, looking to the right.
Below the chin, it is the "X" (although its value then was 16 aces) and behind the bust is a small jar
REVERSE: FOSTuLVS left and Sextus. Pompeius. to the right of the field. She-wolf suckling the twins Romulus and Remus.
Behind Ruminal fig tree is represented with three birds in their branches. On the left, the pastor Faustulus figure in an attitude of admiration for the wonder he sees. ROMA in ex
Struck at Rome 137 BC
3.63g, 19.5mm
Cr235/1a; Syd 461; Pompeia 1

 

Actually it's not Fost(u)lus but Fostlus. The magistrate's name was Sextus Pompeius Fostlus. Fostlus was a popular phonetic spelling for the classical Faustulus. Same for Publius Clodius Pulcher, the plebeian tribune : in order to sound more plebeian, he changed the spelling of his aristocratic name Claudius Pulcher.

Orwell wrote that the very language is politic. In 20th c. Greece, leftist newspapers were written in demotiki, a popular dialect of modern Greek, while conservative papers were written in aristotiki, a more elegant language close to ancient Greek. In late Republican Rome it was the same : politicians of the popular party wrote their name in basic phonetic Latin, while their opponents of the optimates party used the classical spelling.

 

F is for Fakes...
Sestertii of Sabina and Pertinax, denarius of Maximinus Thrax, aureus of Manlia Scantilla, all fakes. The aureus is not a tourist fake, it is in real gold.

 

MN. FONTEIUS ROMAN REPUBLIC; GENS FONTEIA
AR Denarius
OBVERSE: Jugate heads of the Dioscuri
REVERSE: Galley under oar
Struck at Rome 108-109 BC
3.9g, 20mm
Cr.307/1, Fonteia 7

MN FONTEIUS CF ROMAN REPUBLIC
AR Denarius
OBVERSE: Laureate head of Apollo Vejovis right, M FONTEI CF behind, thunderbolt below, ROMA monogram below chin
REVERSE: Infant winged Genius (or Cupid) infant Genius riding goat right, , caps of the Dioscuri above, filleted thyrsos below
Struck at Rome 85 BC
3.87g, 20mm
Cr353/1a; Fonteia 9

P FONTEIUS P F CAPITO ROMAN REPUBLIC; GENS FONTEIA
AR Denarius
OBVERSE: P FONTEIVS P F CAPITO III VIR, helmeted and draped bust of Mars right, trophy over shoulder
REVERSE: MN FONT TR MIL , warrior on horseback thrusting his spear at a Gaulish enemy who is about to slay an unarmed third combatant, helmet and shield in lower right field
Rome 55 BC
3.87g, 19 mm
Cr429/1; Syd 900; Fonteia 17

 

Yees !!! The Roman war-galley seen in perspective from three-quarters... What a perfect specimen of this interesting denarius! Perfectly centred, all details visible and legible, with just enough circulation wear to show this coin has an history. I'll use this picture to illustrate a .ppt on the Roman navy for my students. Congratulations.

 

GAME ON


Galba, Gordians, Gallus, Gratian, Gods and Goddesses, Golden Age or gorgons, they, and anything else, are great. So, give it your best shot and gratify us with your gorgeous, glorious G's

 

Here a Geta coin ,


Geta A.D.200 – 202

Obv : P SEPT GETA CAES PONT

Rev : PRINCIV - VENTUTIS

3.29 gr ; 18.77 mm ; Rome

RIC IV 18

 

Now we Got a Geta (nice one, @sky92880!). Here's a Galba:




Galba. AD 68-69. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.29 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa July AD 68 - January AD 69. IMP SER GALBA AVG, bare head right / S P Q R/ O • B/ C S in three lines within oak wreath.

PS Gorgeous Galley reverse, @Bing!

 

A Kortling from Gottingen.
1.37g. Saurma 3906
The earliest dated Kortling from Gottingen.

 

This Stuiver is from Groningen.
2.10g. Van der Chijs 12.74
From the David Cervin collection.

 

A Kreuzer from Gorz in Austria
.88g. CNA K 41b

 

A Sechzehner from Graz, Austria.
3.68g. CNA Fb 11
When my mother and father escaped Hungary in Nov. 1956
they spent a few weeks at a refugee camp near Graz before
coming to the U.S.
I hope @expat doesn't mind me posting 4 coins.

 

NORTHEAST GAUL, REMI
AE Potin Unit
OBVERSE: Figure seated facing with legs crossed holding torque and plait of hair
REVERSE: Boar standing right with snake-like ornament above, star below
Struck at unknown Mint, 100-50 BC
21mm, 6.12g
D&T220 // Depeyrot NC VII, 33 // BMC447-9 // DeLaTour8145

 

You can all post as many as you like. I love seeing coins I have never seen before and have no knowledge of. It is great for me, and, hopefully for everyone else.

 

Hail, heroic heroes all. The hour is here. Honor with heartfelt pride, Hellenistic homelands, heavenly Herakles, heraldic costumes and hammered discs of metal that give happiness. Hoist those H's