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<p>[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 4509520, member: 99456"][ATTACH=full]1117668[/ATTACH]I don't usually purchase fake ancient coins, at least not intentionally, but as a collector of Roman Republican coins I found this one attractive.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1117636[/ATTACH]</p><p>This Italian "medalet", 20mm, 11h, 3.7g, by an unknown artist is from the 18th to early 19th century, apparently issued for the <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/name-that-roman.337948/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/name-that-roman.337948/">Grand Tour trade</a>. Although it reads "P. LEPIDVS" on the obverse, the portrait looks a lot like Mark Antony. The initial image of this post is from Babelon illustrating a denarius of <a href="https://archive.org/details/descriptionhisto01babe/page/196/mode/2up/search/antonius" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://archive.org/details/descriptionhisto01babe/page/196/mode/2up/search/antonius" rel="nofollow">Antony in 31 BC</a>. The reverse draws from one of my favorite Roman republican denarii of L. Aemilius Paullus from 63-62 BC.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1117657[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>L. Aemilius Lepidus Paullus</b>, 62 BC, AR Denarius, Rome mint</p><p><b>Obv:</b> Veiled and diademed head of Concordia right</p><p><b>Rev:</b> Trophy; to left, three captives (King Perseus of Macedon and his two sons) standing right; to right, Paullus standing left</p><p><b>Ref: </b>Crawford 415/1; Sydenham 926; Aemilia 10</p><p><br /></p><p>The Provenance of this medalet was also appealing: ex CNG 428 Lot 665 ex Rick B. Witschonke "RBW" collection. The collector was <a href="https://coinsweekly.com/richard-b-witschonke-1945-2015/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://coinsweekly.com/richard-b-witschonke-1945-2015/" rel="nofollow">Rick Witschonke</a> (1945–2015), whose collection of 1,860 coins was auctioned off in three sales:</p><p>- <a href="https://issuu.com/cngcoins/docs/triton_iii/146" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://issuu.com/cngcoins/docs/triton_iii/146" rel="nofollow">Triton III Sale, December 1999</a> the majority of the RBW Republican gold coins were offered in lots 808 to 851</p><p>- Numismatica Ars Classica Sale 61, October 2011</p><p>- Numismatica Ars Classica Sale 63, May 2012</p><p><br /></p><p>In the introduction to the NAC 61 sale, RBW describes his first experience with Roman republican coins:</p><blockquote><p><font size="3">"At the tender age of ten, I first discovered an interest in collecting coins (I am convinced that the propensity to collect is a genetically inherited condition). After a few years of dabbling with Whitman “penny boards”, US type coins, and foreign crowns, I bought my first Roman Republican denarius in a Lu Riggs auction in 1960, and was amazed that a coin of such antiquity, beauty, and historical interest could be purchased for such a modest price."</font></p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>The full RBW collection was published in 2013:</p><blockquote><p><font size="3">R. Russo, <a href="http://numismatics.org/Store/RBWcollection/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/Store/RBWcollection/" rel="nofollow">The RBW Collection of Roman Republican Coins</a>, with the collaboration of A. De Falco; with historical notes by D. Vagi; edited by A. McCabe, A. Russo, G. Russo and C. Hallgarth. Zürich and London: Numismatica Ars Classica, 2013. Pp. xxvii+407, illus. ISBN 9788877948359</font></p><p><br /></p></blockquote><p>As always corrections, additions, and comments are appreciated. <b>Post your coins from the RBW collection, fantasy coins, or anything else you find interesting or entertaining.</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 4509520, member: 99456"][ATTACH=full]1117668[/ATTACH]I don't usually purchase fake ancient coins, at least not intentionally, but as a collector of Roman Republican coins I found this one attractive. [ATTACH=full]1117636[/ATTACH] This Italian "medalet", 20mm, 11h, 3.7g, by an unknown artist is from the 18th to early 19th century, apparently issued for the [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/name-that-roman.337948/']Grand Tour trade[/URL]. Although it reads "P. LEPIDVS" on the obverse, the portrait looks a lot like Mark Antony. The initial image of this post is from Babelon illustrating a denarius of [URL='https://archive.org/details/descriptionhisto01babe/page/196/mode/2up/search/antonius']Antony in 31 BC[/URL]. The reverse draws from one of my favorite Roman republican denarii of L. Aemilius Paullus from 63-62 BC. [ATTACH=full]1117657[/ATTACH] [B]L. Aemilius Lepidus Paullus[/B], 62 BC, AR Denarius, Rome mint [B]Obv:[/B] Veiled and diademed head of Concordia right [B]Rev:[/B] Trophy; to left, three captives (King Perseus of Macedon and his two sons) standing right; to right, Paullus standing left [B]Ref: [/B]Crawford 415/1; Sydenham 926; Aemilia 10 The Provenance of this medalet was also appealing: ex CNG 428 Lot 665 ex Rick B. Witschonke "RBW" collection. The collector was [URL='https://coinsweekly.com/richard-b-witschonke-1945-2015/']Rick Witschonke[/URL] (1945–2015), whose collection of 1,860 coins was auctioned off in three sales: - [URL='https://issuu.com/cngcoins/docs/triton_iii/146']Triton III Sale, December 1999[/URL] the majority of the RBW Republican gold coins were offered in lots 808 to 851 - Numismatica Ars Classica Sale 61, October 2011 - Numismatica Ars Classica Sale 63, May 2012 In the introduction to the NAC 61 sale, RBW describes his first experience with Roman republican coins: [INDENT][SIZE=3]"At the tender age of ten, I first discovered an interest in collecting coins (I am convinced that the propensity to collect is a genetically inherited condition). After a few years of dabbling with Whitman “penny boards”, US type coins, and foreign crowns, I bought my first Roman Republican denarius in a Lu Riggs auction in 1960, and was amazed that a coin of such antiquity, beauty, and historical interest could be purchased for such a modest price."[/SIZE][/INDENT] The full RBW collection was published in 2013: [INDENT][SIZE=3]R. Russo, [URL='http://numismatics.org/Store/RBWcollection/']The RBW Collection of Roman Republican Coins[/URL], with the collaboration of A. De Falco; with historical notes by D. Vagi; edited by A. McCabe, A. Russo, G. Russo and C. Hallgarth. Zürich and London: Numismatica Ars Classica, 2013. Pp. xxvii+407, illus. ISBN 9788877948359[/SIZE] [/INDENT] As always corrections, additions, and comments are appreciated. [B]Post your coins from the RBW collection, fantasy coins, or anything else you find interesting or entertaining.[/B][/QUOTE]
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