Ancient => sunaJ ][ Janus <= Roman Republican Bronze anyone?

I have been searching/waiting for a cool version of a Roman Republican AE As ...

=> so when I spotted the awesome "Wolf Suckling Twins" above the prow, I pulled the ol' trigger!!

Anonymous Roman Republican Æ As
169-158 BC
Rome mint
Diameter: 35 mm
Weight: 26.42 grams
Obverse: Laureate head of bearded Janus; I (mark of value) above
Reverse: Prow of galley right; above, she-wolf standing right, head left, suckling the twins Romulus and Remus; I (mark of value) to right
Reference: Crawford 183/1; Sydenham 297
Other: 11h … VF, green patina
Duplicates from the RBW Collection





... please feel free to post your Roman Republican Bronzes!!

 

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Yah, I realize that 1/2 of the coin is a bit weakly struck, but because I loved the strong-half so much, I decided to adopt

=> all 35mm and 26.42 grams of the lil' fella!!

 

Janus, the Twofaced....

From a new site that I found that has a rather good (and I believe it is correct) definition of Janus (a rarity is a good definition)

The new site is here: http://www.pantheon.org/articles/j/janus.html


Love the twins!

 

Cool and interesting coin! If I had any RR bronzes I'd post them (I do have a RR denarius though).

 

Thanks for coin-compliment, lil' dawg ...

=> and thanks for the link

 

Hi Jango ... thanks

=> go ahead and post it, if you want (I love seeing other people's coins!!)

 

Yay ship coin!

I have the RBW part one catalog, lots of cool stuff.

 

L. Rubrius Dossenus, moneyer - Roman Republic
Obv: Laureate head of Jupiter right, with sceptre behind, DOSSEN to lower left
Rev: Quadrigal carpentum with small Victory right, LRVBRI in ex
Rome mint, struck 87 BC
Rubria 1

 

RR as, my absolute favorite ancient series.
They have an ideal size and relief(aka huge and high).

Sorry I forgot to say it earlier Steve,
awesome coin.

 

Aes Rude, Aes Grave sextans, struck uncia, struck as (sextantal series), struck as (later)
These are all of my Republican bronzes. I always wanted a prow series Aes Grave but never was willing to pay the price for the ugly ones I could afford.

 

Great coin! I'm seriously lacking any RR ae's. Unless you count fourres then this is my my only one.

 

Doug => fantastic assortment of coins, my wise ol' friend!!

Aes Graves Sextans => I "love" the turtle obverse!!

Aes Rude ... man, I had to look-up what this even was/meant ...

=> I'm totally jealous of your whole lot!!

 

I have one more Roman Republican Bronze ... I really like it too!!

Roman Republic
Post Reform Æ Semis (Anonymous)
Circa 88 BC (?)
Rome mint
Diameter: 21mm
Weight: 5.96 grams
Obverse: Laureate head of Jupiter right; S (mark of value) behind
Reverse: Prow of galley right; S (mark of value) above; to right, dolphin downward, ROMA in exergue
Reference: Crawford –; Sydenham –; BMCRR II, p. 589, 10
Other: 2h, Near VF, dark green patina. Rare

From the British Museum catalog: “The date of issue of this coin is doubtful. It is of the semiuncial standard, and corresponds in work and style to similar pieces also with symbols which Count de Salis has assigned to B.C. 88, i.e., after the passing of the Lex Papiria ...”




Ummm ...
=> does anybody have a better idea than me regarding the date of this baby?

 

Ummm, Doug? (or anybody else with coin-skilz-to-burn) ...

=> is this new AE As coin o' mine a "cast bronze"? (the flan is cast?)

 

A coin struck with dies on a cast flan is called 'Cast'. Cast coins were made by pouring molten metal into a mold (probably fine sand). The turtle is my only one but the full pound asses with Janus and the prow have to be on any Republican collector's want list.

 

Thanks for your help, Doug

 

Okay, I'm gonna add another fold into my thread ...

=> I've been looking through my albums, and I've noticed that I now have "5" different examples of "Wolf Suckling Twins" ...

So, here they are:

Bachelor #1
Anonymous Roman Republican Æ As




Bachelor #2
Sex. Pompeius Fostlus AR Denarius




Bachelor #3
Philip I AR Antoninianus




Bachelor #4
Maxentius - AE Follis





Bachelor #5
Constantine I Commemorative




=> so please feel free to add Roman Republican Bronzes and/or Wolf & Suckling twin coins!! (bring 'em!!)

 

Oh steve, why'd you have to remind me of a coin that I want very, very badly?

Ostrogothic Kingdom - 40 Nummi
Obv: INVICT-A ROMA, Roma helmeted
Rev: She-wolf suckling twins, XL above, dot I dot in ex
Rome mint, struck 526-534 AD

 

My AE31 wolf is from Ninica Claudiopolis in Cilicia under Maximinus I. It is just one of many Provincial uses of this type.

Mine is not very nice. CNG sold a decent one a few years ago:
http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=65683
The legends are not all that easily read but notice that the end of the obverse is stacked in two rows starting at the nose. I once considered the possibility that this was caused by double striking but that is where it is nice to see images of other examples that will help clarify such questions.

Also: Macrinus AE29 from Laodicea ad Mare


and Severus Alexander AE33 of Antioch, Pisidia



Note that all three of these big coins are Latin Legend from full Colony status cities.

 

Very cool coin Steve, beefy...i want to get one of these Janus two face coins...i like it, for some reason i don't have any wolf coins either..