Hmmm... stray thoughts on your Thread Caption: Jugate Busts. Only a couple, and well circulated... Bruttium Lokri Ephizephyrii 350-330 BC AE19 4.29g Jugate Hds Diskouroi - Zeus seatd patera scepter cornucopiae SNG ANS 583 SNG Cop 1895 RR Cordius Rufus 46 BCE AR Den Jugate Dioscuri Venus scales Sear 440 Craw 463-1
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. CORDIUS RUFUS ROMAN REPUBLIC AR Denarius OBVERSE: Jugate heads of the Dioscuri right; stars above REVERSE: Venus Verticordia holding scales and sceptre; on her shoulder, Cupid Rome 46 BC 18mm, 3.5g Cr463/1b; Syd 976c; Cordia 1 ex. J. Cardona Collection
My favorites: Cleopatra Thea, Queen of Syria, with son Antiochus VIII Seleucid AR tetradrachm, 15.85 gm, 27 mm Antioch mint, 125-121 BC Obv: Jugate busts, r. Rev: ΒΑΣΙΛΙΣΣΗΣ ΚΛΕΟΠΑΤΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ, Zeus Nikephoros seated l., holding lotus-tipped scepter; IE outer left, A under throne Refs: SNG Spaer 2437; c.f. Sear 7135 Notes: Ex-Henry Clay Lindgren. An obverse die match to an example sold in Baldwin's, Dmitry Markov and M&M Numismatics New York Sale IX, January 13, 2005. Antony and Octavia AR cistophorus, 25.6 mm, 11.71 gm Ephesus, 39 BCE Obv: M ANTONINVS IMP COS DESIG ITER ET TERT, Jugate heads of Marcus Antonius and Octavia to right; he wears ivy wreath Rev: III VIR RPC, Cista mystica surmounted by figure of Bacchus, standing to left, holding cantharus and leaning on thyrsus; on either side, coiled serpent Refs: SNG Cop. 408; SNG von Aulock 6555; Franke KZR 472; RSC 3; Sydenham 1198; RPC 2202; Sear 1513; BMCRR East 135.
This is a great subject, that attains a high level of artistry. There’s a lot of variation, a nice narrow subject to collect.
And a more or less contemporary Roman AE of Ephesus: AE Augustus & Livia, Ephesus. Obv. Double portrait, heads right. Rev. Stag to the right, lettering only above: Z EFE/S. 20 mm, 5.48 gr.
Augustus and Rhoemetalkes, Bronze Semi autonomous coinage of Thracia, c11BC-12AD KAISAROS SEBASTOU, Bust of Augustus right BASILEWS ROIMHTALKOU, Busts of Rhoemetalkes and his wife right 9.82 gr Ref : Sear #5396 Q
