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<p>[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 8085652, member: 110350"]Since I'm already pretty much decided on 8 coins to include in my Roman Republican Top 10 list, here are the candidates for the last two open spots in the list. l will leave the poll up for a week and see how it turns out. Of course, I reserve the right not to adopt the results of the vote, or to adopt them but take more than two, requiring me to drop one or more coins from the 8 I've already chosen. It's all just for fun, and to have the chance to show and tell about as many coins as possible.</p><p><br /></p><p>I an omitting the footnotes for 9 of the 10 (because most of them are the really long footnotes for which I seem to be notorious), but am providing links to my original posts including those footnotes.</p><p><br /></p><p>In Crawford order:</p><p><br /></p><p>1. Roman Republic, T. Cloelius, AR Denarius Rome 128 BCE. Obv. Head of Roma right wearing a winged helmet, single drop earring, and pearl necklace, wreath behind neck and ROMA beneath; no mark of value / Rev. Victory in biga right, holding reins in both hands in attempt to restrain horses rearing high (or “galloping with high action” [BMCRR Vol. I 1079 at p. 165]); below horses, an ear of grain right; in exergue, T•CLOVLI. Crawford 260/1, RSC I [Babelon] Cloulia 1 (ill. p. 32), BMCRR Vol. I 1079 & Vol. III Pl. xxix no. 5, Sear RCV I 136, RBW Collection 1055 (ill. p. 219), Sydenham 516. 19 mm., 3.83 g. <i>Purchased Nov. 2021 from Künker France - Poinsignon Numismatique</i>. [Footnote omitted; see <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/roman-republicans-nos-64-65-t-cloelius-and-q-fabius-maximus.389700/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/roman-republicans-nos-64-65-t-cloelius-and-q-fabius-maximus.389700/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/roman-republicans-nos-64-65-t-cloelius-and-q-fabius-maximus.389700/</a> for footnote.]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1404757[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>2. Roman Republic, Cn. Domitius Ahenobarbus, AR Denarius Rome 128 BCE [Crawford], 131 BCE [Mattingly], or after 122 BCE [BMCRR]. Obv. Head of Roma right, wearing winged helmet and single-drop earring, stalk of grain [Br. Corn] upright behind, monogram (*) for value (XVI asses) in right field beneath chin / Rev. Victory driving galloping biga right, holding reins in left hand and whip in right; below, man with tall conical cap holding spear right, fighting lion (Crawford) left; above, ROMA; in exergue, CN•DOM. Crawford 261/1, RSC I [Babelon] Domitia 14, BMCRR 1025, Sear RCV I 137 (ill.), RBW Collection 1056, Sydenham 514. 18 mm., 3.85 g., 3 h. [Footnote omitted; see <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/roman-republican-no-56-lion-ess-or-hound.381034/#post-7594939" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/roman-republican-no-56-lion-ess-or-hound.381034/#post-7594939">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/roman-republican-no-56-lion-ess-or-hound.381034/#post-7594939</a> for footnote.]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1404758[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>3. Roman Republic, T. Ma[n]l [= T. Manlius, T. Mallius, or T. Maloleius], Ap. Cl. [= Ap. Claudius Pulcher or Ap. Claudius Nero], and Q. Vr. [= Quintus Urbinius or, according to lesser authority, a reference to the first two moneyers as Quaestores Urbani), 111-110 BCE (Crawford) or 105-100 BCE (Mattingly, Lockyear, and Yarrow]. Obv. Head of Roma right, wearing winged helmet and two-drop earring, with hair beneath helmet tied in back; behind Roma’s head, quadrangular shape with circle inside it/ Rev. Victory in triga right [one of only two RR triga coins], holding reins in both hands; horses cantering with third horse turning head back to first two; in exergue, T•<u>M[AN]L</u>(or <u>M[A]L)</u> [all ligate]•AP•CL•Q•<u>VR</u> [VR ligate]. Crawford 299/1b, BMCRR Vol. I 1293 [ill. Vol. II Pl. XXX No. 23], RSC I Claudia 3, Sear RCV I 176 (<i>leg. var</i>.), RBW Collection (2014) Nos. 1141-1142 at p. 236. 17 mm., 4.02 gr. [Footnote omitted; see <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/roman-republican-no-62-the-other-triga-crawford-299-1b.386433/#post-7890724" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/roman-republican-no-62-the-other-triga-crawford-299-1b.386433/#post-7890724">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/roman-republican-no-62-the-other-triga-crawford-299-1b.386433/#post-7890724</a> for footnote.]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1404759[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>4. Roman Republic, L. Aurelius Cotta*, AR serrate Denarius, 105 BCE, Rome Mint. Obv. Draped bust of Vulcan right, wearing conical cap (pileus) bound with laurel wreath, tongs behind shoulder with * [= XVI; mark of value] above; beneath chin, control mark “D” with single pellet below**; all within myrtle-wreath / Rev. Eagle standing three-quarters right on thunderbolt with wings spread and head left; in exergue, L • COT; laurel-wreath around.*** Crawford 314/1b, RSC I Aurelia 21 (ill.); BMCRR 1296, Sydenham 577, Sear RCV I 191 (ill.). 19 mm., 3.74 g. Purchased from Ken Dorney June 2021; with old coin ticket from 1950s/1960s [with Sydenham number but not Crawford]. [Footnotes omitted; see <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/roman-republican-nos-58-60-licinius-nerva-aurelius-cotta-nonius-sufenas.385954/#post-7874545" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/roman-republican-nos-58-60-licinius-nerva-aurelius-cotta-nonius-sufenas.385954/#post-7874545">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/roman-republican-nos-58-60-licinius-nerva-aurelius-cotta-nonius-sufenas.385954/#post-7874545</a> for footnotes.]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1404775[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>5. Roman Republic, M. Cato, AR Quinarius [half denarius], 89 BCE. Obv. Head of young Liber (or Bacchus) right, M•CATO (AT ligate) downwards behind; below, control-mark star/ Rev. Victory seated right, holding patera with outstretched right hand and palm branch over left shoulder; in exergue, VICTRIX (TR ligate). Crawford 343/2b, RSC I Porcia 7 (ill.) (type with symbol as control-mark), BMCRR 662, Sydenham 597(c), Sear RCV I 248 (ill.), RBW Collection 1298. 15 mm., 1.58 g., 6 h. <i>Ex. Numismatique Louis Brousseau Auction 1, Aug. 24, 2019, Lot 255.*</i></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1404763[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>*Issued at end of Social War. The moneyer’s specific identity and relationship to Cato the Younger (Uticensis) are unknown; he was not that Cato’s father, who died no later than 91 BCE. There is a possibility that he can be identified with M. Porcius the wine-merchant. See Crawford p. 352. The reverse figure is presumably Victoria Virgo, whose shrine was built by Cato Censorius (id., citing Livy). The control-mark of a star is not among the 67 control-marks listed in Crawford Table XXV at pp. 350-351. There is one other example of this control-mark listed in acsearch.</p><p><br /></p><p>6. Roman Republic, C. Marcius Censorinus, AR Denarius, Rome 88 BCE. Obv. Jugate diademed heads, right, of kings Numa Pompilius, bearded [<i>legendary second king of Rome</i>], and Ancus Marcius, beardless [<i>his grandson, the legendary fourth king of Rome</i>], no control-mark / Rev. Desultor on horseback galloping right, wearing pileus [conical cap], with second horse at his side, holding whip with right hand and holding reins for both horses with left hand; in exergue, C•CENSO; no control-mark. Crawford 346/1i [no control-marks], RSC I Marcia 18a [no control marks], BMCR 2367 [no control-marks], see also id. 2368-2393 [various control-marks], Sydenham 713, Sear RCV I 256 [illustration has control-mark]. 17 mm., 3.72 g. [<i>Purchased from Munthandel G. Henzen, Netherlands, Feb. 2021; ex. Dutch private collection.</i>] [Footnote omitted; see <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/roman-republican-denarius-46-desultor.375241/#post-6368888" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/roman-republican-denarius-46-desultor.375241/#post-6368888">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/roman-republican-denarius-46-desultor.375241/#post-6368888</a> for footnote.]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1404765[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>7. Roman Republic, M. Nonius Sufenas*, AR Denarius, 59 BCE (or 57 BCE according to Hersh and Walker & Harlan), Rome Mint. Obv. Bearded head of Saturn right, with long hair; behind head, <i>harpa</i> with conical stone (baetyl)** beneath it* and S•C upwards above it; before, SVFENAS downwards / Rev. Roma seated left on pile of shields, holding scepter in right hand and sword in left hand; behind, Victory left, crowning Roma with wreath and holding palm-branch extending behind her over right shoulder; around to left from 4:00, PR•L• - V• - P•F; in exergue, SEX•NONI [<i>The two parts of the reverse legend, together, stand for Sex. Noni[us] pr[aetor] L[udi] V[ictoriae] p[rimus] f[ecit</i>, <i>meaning</i> <i>Sex. Nonius, praetor, first held the games of Victory.</i>].*** Crawford 421/1, RSC Nonia1(ill.), BMCRR 3820, Sear RCV I 377 (ill.), Sydenham 885, Harlan, RRM II Ch. 13 at pp. 104-111[Harlan, Michael, <i>Roman Republican Moneyers and their Coins</i> <i>63 BCE - 49 BCE</i> (2d ed. 2015)], RBW Collection 1517. 19 mm., 3.95 g. [Footnotes omitted; see <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/roman-republican-nos-58-60-licinius-nerva-aurelius-cotta-nonius-sufenas.385954/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/roman-republican-nos-58-60-licinius-nerva-aurelius-cotta-nonius-sufenas.385954/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/roman-republican-nos-58-60-licinius-nerva-aurelius-cotta-nonius-sufenas.385954/</a> for footnotes.][ATTACH=full]1404766[/ATTACH]</p><p>8. Roman Republic, C. Memmius C.f., AR Denarius, 56 BCE [Crawford], 57 BCE [Harlan], Rome Mint. Obv. Laureate head of Quirinus right [deified aspect of Romulus and/or Italian deity worshipped on Quirinal Hill; <i>see footnote</i>], hair long, beard in formal ringlets, C•MEMMI•C•F downwards to right, QVIRINVS downwards to left; <i>banker’s mark or test mark to left of Quirinus’s eye, in shape of bird? inside flower or star</i>/ Rev. Ceres seated right, holding torch in left hand and corn ear in right hand; at her feet, snake rearing with head right; MEMMIVS •AED• CERIALIA•PREIMVS•FECIT [<i>translated as “Memmius as aedile first held the games of Ceres” (Harlan RRM II pp. 99-100)</i>] downwards from upper left; <i>old graffiti resembling an “X” to right of Ceres</i>. Crawford 427/2, RSC I Memmia 9 (ill.), Sear RCV I 388 (ill.), BMCRR 3940; Sydenham 921; Harlan RRM II, Ch. 12 at pp. 95-103; RBW Collection 1532; Jones, J.M., <i>A Dictionary of Ancient Roman Coins</i> (1990) [entry for “Quirinus” at p. 264]. 19.5 mm., 3.71 g. [Footnote omitted; see <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/roman-republican-nos-51-53-including-first-two-quinarii.378507/#post-7372631" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/roman-republican-nos-51-53-including-first-two-quinarii.378507/#post-7372631">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/roman-republican-nos-51-53-including-first-two-quinarii.378507/#post-7372631</a> for footnote.]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1404767[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>9. Roman Republic, T. Carisius, AR Denarius, 46 BCE, Rome mint. Obv. Head of Sibyl (or Sphinx) right, her hair elaborately decorated with jewels and enclosed in a sling, tied with bands / Rev. Human-headed Sphinx seated right with open wings, wearing cap, T•CARISIVS above,; in exergue, III•VIR. Crawford 464/1, RSC I Carisia 11 (ill.), Sear RCV I 446 (ill.), Sear <i>Roman Imperators</i> 69 (ill. p. 46), Sydenham 983a, BMCRR 4061. 19 mm., 3.87 g. [Footnote omitted; see <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/first-coin-arrivals-of-2021-roman-republican-denarii-nos-43-44.372929/#post-5375582" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/first-coin-arrivals-of-2021-roman-republican-denarii-nos-43-44.372929/#post-5375582">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/first-coin-arrivals-of-2021-roman-republican-denarii-nos-43-44.372929/#post-5375582</a> for footnote.]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1404768[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>10. Roman Republic, L. Papius Celsus, AR Denarius, 45 BCE, Rome Mint. Obv. Head of Juno Sospita right, wearing goat’s skin headdress tied at neck; circular banker’s mark “well hidden” [<i>per</i> email from Dimitrios G. Gerothanasis, Nomos AG] near Juno’s ear / Rev. She-wolf standing right, holding stick in mouth which she places on fire; to right of fire, eagle standing left fanning the flames with open wings (and with tip of outer wing extending beyond coin’s border); CELSVS III • VIR above; L. PAPIVS in exergue. Crawford 472/1, RSC I (Babelon) Papia 2 (ill. p. 71), Sear CRI 82 at pp. 51-52 [David Sear, <i>The History and Coinage of the Roman Imperators</i> 49-27 BC (1998)], RBW Collection 1647 (ill. p. 349) (2014), BMCRR I 4018 (ill. BMCRR II Pl. L no. 22); Sear RCV I 461 (ill. p. 158), Sydenham 964. 18 mm., 3.08 g., 1 h. <i>Purchased Oct. 3, 2021 at Nomos Obolos 20, Lot 1059. </i>[Footnote omitted; see <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/roman-republican-no-63-l-papius-celsus-juno-sospita-wolf-eagle.387754/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/roman-republican-no-63-l-papius-celsus-juno-sospita-wolf-eagle.387754/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/roman-republican-no-63-l-papius-celsus-juno-sospita-wolf-eagle.387754/</a> for footnote.]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1404769[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 8085652, member: 110350"]Since I'm already pretty much decided on 8 coins to include in my Roman Republican Top 10 list, here are the candidates for the last two open spots in the list. l will leave the poll up for a week and see how it turns out. Of course, I reserve the right not to adopt the results of the vote, or to adopt them but take more than two, requiring me to drop one or more coins from the 8 I've already chosen. It's all just for fun, and to have the chance to show and tell about as many coins as possible. I an omitting the footnotes for 9 of the 10 (because most of them are the really long footnotes for which I seem to be notorious), but am providing links to my original posts including those footnotes. In Crawford order: 1. Roman Republic, T. Cloelius, AR Denarius Rome 128 BCE. Obv. Head of Roma right wearing a winged helmet, single drop earring, and pearl necklace, wreath behind neck and ROMA beneath; no mark of value / Rev. Victory in biga right, holding reins in both hands in attempt to restrain horses rearing high (or “galloping with high action” [BMCRR Vol. I 1079 at p. 165]); below horses, an ear of grain right; in exergue, T•CLOVLI. Crawford 260/1, RSC I [Babelon] Cloulia 1 (ill. p. 32), BMCRR Vol. I 1079 & Vol. III Pl. xxix no. 5, Sear RCV I 136, RBW Collection 1055 (ill. p. 219), Sydenham 516. 19 mm., 3.83 g. [I]Purchased Nov. 2021 from Künker France - Poinsignon Numismatique[/I]. [Footnote omitted; see [URL]https://www.cointalk.com/threads/roman-republicans-nos-64-65-t-cloelius-and-q-fabius-maximus.389700/[/URL] for footnote.] [ATTACH=full]1404757[/ATTACH] 2. Roman Republic, Cn. Domitius Ahenobarbus, AR Denarius Rome 128 BCE [Crawford], 131 BCE [Mattingly], or after 122 BCE [BMCRR]. Obv. Head of Roma right, wearing winged helmet and single-drop earring, stalk of grain [Br. Corn] upright behind, monogram (*) for value (XVI asses) in right field beneath chin / Rev. Victory driving galloping biga right, holding reins in left hand and whip in right; below, man with tall conical cap holding spear right, fighting lion (Crawford) left; above, ROMA; in exergue, CN•DOM. Crawford 261/1, RSC I [Babelon] Domitia 14, BMCRR 1025, Sear RCV I 137 (ill.), RBW Collection 1056, Sydenham 514. 18 mm., 3.85 g., 3 h. [Footnote omitted; see [URL]https://www.cointalk.com/threads/roman-republican-no-56-lion-ess-or-hound.381034/#post-7594939[/URL] for footnote.] [ATTACH=full]1404758[/ATTACH] 3. Roman Republic, T. Ma[n]l [= T. Manlius, T. Mallius, or T. Maloleius], Ap. Cl. [= Ap. Claudius Pulcher or Ap. Claudius Nero], and Q. Vr. [= Quintus Urbinius or, according to lesser authority, a reference to the first two moneyers as Quaestores Urbani), 111-110 BCE (Crawford) or 105-100 BCE (Mattingly, Lockyear, and Yarrow]. Obv. Head of Roma right, wearing winged helmet and two-drop earring, with hair beneath helmet tied in back; behind Roma’s head, quadrangular shape with circle inside it/ Rev. Victory in triga right [one of only two RR triga coins], holding reins in both hands; horses cantering with third horse turning head back to first two; in exergue, T•[U]M[AN]L[/U](or [U]M[A]L)[/U] [all ligate]•AP•CL•Q•[U]VR[/U] [VR ligate]. Crawford 299/1b, BMCRR Vol. I 1293 [ill. Vol. II Pl. XXX No. 23], RSC I Claudia 3, Sear RCV I 176 ([I]leg. var[/I].), RBW Collection (2014) Nos. 1141-1142 at p. 236. 17 mm., 4.02 gr. [Footnote omitted; see [URL]https://www.cointalk.com/threads/roman-republican-no-62-the-other-triga-crawford-299-1b.386433/#post-7890724[/URL] for footnote.] [ATTACH=full]1404759[/ATTACH] 4. Roman Republic, L. Aurelius Cotta*, AR serrate Denarius, 105 BCE, Rome Mint. Obv. Draped bust of Vulcan right, wearing conical cap (pileus) bound with laurel wreath, tongs behind shoulder with * [= XVI; mark of value] above; beneath chin, control mark “D” with single pellet below**; all within myrtle-wreath / Rev. Eagle standing three-quarters right on thunderbolt with wings spread and head left; in exergue, L • COT; laurel-wreath around.*** Crawford 314/1b, RSC I Aurelia 21 (ill.); BMCRR 1296, Sydenham 577, Sear RCV I 191 (ill.). 19 mm., 3.74 g. Purchased from Ken Dorney June 2021; with old coin ticket from 1950s/1960s [with Sydenham number but not Crawford]. [Footnotes omitted; see [URL]https://www.cointalk.com/threads/roman-republican-nos-58-60-licinius-nerva-aurelius-cotta-nonius-sufenas.385954/#post-7874545[/URL] for footnotes.] [ATTACH=full]1404775[/ATTACH] 5. Roman Republic, M. Cato, AR Quinarius [half denarius], 89 BCE. Obv. Head of young Liber (or Bacchus) right, M•CATO (AT ligate) downwards behind; below, control-mark star/ Rev. Victory seated right, holding patera with outstretched right hand and palm branch over left shoulder; in exergue, VICTRIX (TR ligate). Crawford 343/2b, RSC I Porcia 7 (ill.) (type with symbol as control-mark), BMCRR 662, Sydenham 597(c), Sear RCV I 248 (ill.), RBW Collection 1298. 15 mm., 1.58 g., 6 h. [I]Ex. Numismatique Louis Brousseau Auction 1, Aug. 24, 2019, Lot 255.*[/I] [ATTACH=full]1404763[/ATTACH] *Issued at end of Social War. The moneyer’s specific identity and relationship to Cato the Younger (Uticensis) are unknown; he was not that Cato’s father, who died no later than 91 BCE. There is a possibility that he can be identified with M. Porcius the wine-merchant. See Crawford p. 352. The reverse figure is presumably Victoria Virgo, whose shrine was built by Cato Censorius (id., citing Livy). The control-mark of a star is not among the 67 control-marks listed in Crawford Table XXV at pp. 350-351. There is one other example of this control-mark listed in acsearch. 6. Roman Republic, C. Marcius Censorinus, AR Denarius, Rome 88 BCE. Obv. Jugate diademed heads, right, of kings Numa Pompilius, bearded [[I]legendary second king of Rome[/I]], and Ancus Marcius, beardless [[I]his grandson, the legendary fourth king of Rome[/I]], no control-mark / Rev. Desultor on horseback galloping right, wearing pileus [conical cap], with second horse at his side, holding whip with right hand and holding reins for both horses with left hand; in exergue, C•CENSO; no control-mark. Crawford 346/1i [no control-marks], RSC I Marcia 18a [no control marks], BMCR 2367 [no control-marks], see also id. 2368-2393 [various control-marks], Sydenham 713, Sear RCV I 256 [illustration has control-mark]. 17 mm., 3.72 g. [[I]Purchased from Munthandel G. Henzen, Netherlands, Feb. 2021; ex. Dutch private collection.[/I]] [Footnote omitted; see [URL]https://www.cointalk.com/threads/roman-republican-denarius-46-desultor.375241/#post-6368888[/URL] for footnote.] [ATTACH=full]1404765[/ATTACH] 7. Roman Republic, M. Nonius Sufenas*, AR Denarius, 59 BCE (or 57 BCE according to Hersh and Walker & Harlan), Rome Mint. Obv. Bearded head of Saturn right, with long hair; behind head, [I]harpa[/I] with conical stone (baetyl)** beneath it* and S•C upwards above it; before, SVFENAS downwards / Rev. Roma seated left on pile of shields, holding scepter in right hand and sword in left hand; behind, Victory left, crowning Roma with wreath and holding palm-branch extending behind her over right shoulder; around to left from 4:00, PR•L• - V• - P•F; in exergue, SEX•NONI [[I]The two parts of the reverse legend, together, stand for Sex. Noni[us] pr[aetor] L[udi] V[ictoriae] p[rimus] f[ecit[/I], [I]meaning[/I] [I]Sex. Nonius, praetor, first held the games of Victory.[/I]].*** Crawford 421/1, RSC Nonia1(ill.), BMCRR 3820, Sear RCV I 377 (ill.), Sydenham 885, Harlan, RRM II Ch. 13 at pp. 104-111[Harlan, Michael, [I]Roman Republican Moneyers and their Coins[/I] [I]63 BCE - 49 BCE[/I] (2d ed. 2015)], RBW Collection 1517. 19 mm., 3.95 g. [Footnotes omitted; see [URL]https://www.cointalk.com/threads/roman-republican-nos-58-60-licinius-nerva-aurelius-cotta-nonius-sufenas.385954/[/URL] for footnotes.][ATTACH=full]1404766[/ATTACH] 8. Roman Republic, C. Memmius C.f., AR Denarius, 56 BCE [Crawford], 57 BCE [Harlan], Rome Mint. Obv. Laureate head of Quirinus right [deified aspect of Romulus and/or Italian deity worshipped on Quirinal Hill; [I]see footnote[/I]], hair long, beard in formal ringlets, C•MEMMI•C•F downwards to right, QVIRINVS downwards to left; [I]banker’s mark or test mark to left of Quirinus’s eye, in shape of bird? inside flower or star[/I]/ Rev. Ceres seated right, holding torch in left hand and corn ear in right hand; at her feet, snake rearing with head right; MEMMIVS •AED• CERIALIA•PREIMVS•FECIT [[I]translated as “Memmius as aedile first held the games of Ceres” (Harlan RRM II pp. 99-100)[/I]] downwards from upper left; [I]old graffiti resembling an “X” to right of Ceres[/I]. Crawford 427/2, RSC I Memmia 9 (ill.), Sear RCV I 388 (ill.), BMCRR 3940; Sydenham 921; Harlan RRM II, Ch. 12 at pp. 95-103; RBW Collection 1532; Jones, J.M., [I]A Dictionary of Ancient Roman Coins[/I] (1990) [entry for “Quirinus” at p. 264]. 19.5 mm., 3.71 g. [Footnote omitted; see [URL]https://www.cointalk.com/threads/roman-republican-nos-51-53-including-first-two-quinarii.378507/#post-7372631[/URL] for footnote.] [ATTACH=full]1404767[/ATTACH] 9. Roman Republic, T. Carisius, AR Denarius, 46 BCE, Rome mint. Obv. Head of Sibyl (or Sphinx) right, her hair elaborately decorated with jewels and enclosed in a sling, tied with bands / Rev. Human-headed Sphinx seated right with open wings, wearing cap, T•CARISIVS above,; in exergue, III•VIR. Crawford 464/1, RSC I Carisia 11 (ill.), Sear RCV I 446 (ill.), Sear [I]Roman Imperators[/I] 69 (ill. p. 46), Sydenham 983a, BMCRR 4061. 19 mm., 3.87 g. [Footnote omitted; see [URL]https://www.cointalk.com/threads/first-coin-arrivals-of-2021-roman-republican-denarii-nos-43-44.372929/#post-5375582[/URL] for footnote.] [ATTACH=full]1404768[/ATTACH] 10. Roman Republic, L. Papius Celsus, AR Denarius, 45 BCE, Rome Mint. Obv. Head of Juno Sospita right, wearing goat’s skin headdress tied at neck; circular banker’s mark “well hidden” [[I]per[/I] email from Dimitrios G. Gerothanasis, Nomos AG] near Juno’s ear / Rev. She-wolf standing right, holding stick in mouth which she places on fire; to right of fire, eagle standing left fanning the flames with open wings (and with tip of outer wing extending beyond coin’s border); CELSVS III • VIR above; L. PAPIVS in exergue. Crawford 472/1, RSC I (Babelon) Papia 2 (ill. p. 71), Sear CRI 82 at pp. 51-52 [David Sear, [I]The History and Coinage of the Roman Imperators[/I] 49-27 BC (1998)], RBW Collection 1647 (ill. p. 349) (2014), BMCRR I 4018 (ill. BMCRR II Pl. L no. 22); Sear RCV I 461 (ill. p. 158), Sydenham 964. 18 mm., 3.08 g., 1 h. [I]Purchased Oct. 3, 2021 at Nomos Obolos 20, Lot 1059. [/I][Footnote omitted; see [URL]https://www.cointalk.com/threads/roman-republican-no-63-l-papius-celsus-juno-sospita-wolf-eagle.387754/[/URL] for footnote.] [ATTACH=full]1404769[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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