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<p>[QUOTE="rrdenarius, post: 3210229, member: 75525"][ATTACH=full]833326[/ATTACH] </p><p>I am eagerly waiting for this coin from the recent Kunker Auction. Since I posted a pic of the coin, I figured why not do a write-up as well. This is a large issue (Crawford says 240 dies) so some of you newbie ancient collectors should be able to find these coins on the cheep and have a good story to go with the coin. </p><p><i><b><br /></b></i></p><p><i><b>L. Roscius Fabatus </b></i></p><p>Roman Republic, AR Denarius (Serratus); L. Roscius Fabatus; 64 BC Chr., Rome</p><p>Obv - Head of Juno Sospita r. in the goatskin cap that is tied in front, behind balance / scale, below: L.ROSCI; border of dots</p><p>Rev - Girl stands r. feeding snake that is raised in front of her, behind box for weights, In Ex: FABATI; border dots</p><p>3.94 g</p><p>Crawf. 412/1, o/r dies = 240/241</p><p>BMC 3474 – this control symbol pair; 3394 - 3510</p><p>Syd. 915</p><p>RSC / Bab. 1; Note: both books show the scale / box symbol pair.</p><p>gVF, well centered and struck, nicely toned, some scratches</p><p><br /></p><p>On the occasion of the annual festival of Juno Sospita in Lanuvium, a virgin had to feed the snake living in the basement of the temple. If the girl was chaste, she left the cave to much celebrating from her family, otherwise she was killed by the snake.</p><p><br /></p><p>Crawford notes the die symbols were pairs of related every-day objects. There was no more than one die for each symbol. Bab lists 155 pairs. Grueber lists 108 pairs. Crawford lists 242 pairs.</p><p><br /></p><p>3.94 g.</p><p><br /></p><p>I bought this coin because I liked the symbol pair. I have not seen an ancient scale or balance with these features:</p><p>· Two horizontal beams.</p><p>· An arch below the beams.</p><p>· A base with legs to hold the vertical post that holds the beam. Most coins are held from above the beam by hand.</p><p>· The pan on the right is larger than the pan (weight?) on the left.</p><p><br /></p><p>It looks a bit like the Nuremberg ducat scale pictured below from Scales and Weights by Bruno Kisch, pg 40. When a gold ducat of low weight was placed in the right pan, the arch showed how many grains the coin was below standard. I have not seen any ancient scale pictures with the arch.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]833329[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]833330[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]833334[/ATTACH] </p><p>you can see a small scale at 5 on the obv and 7 on the rev</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]833335[/ATTACH] </p><p>similar to my coin, but a modius (to measure grain volume) on the reverse, note the different style scale, coin from CNG</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]833336[/ATTACH] </p><p>Roman Republic, C. Piso L.f. Frugi. 61 BC (CNG)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]833337[/ATTACH]</p><p>Roman Republic, Q. Metellus Scipio and P. Licinius Crassus Iunior, 47-46 BC (New York Sale)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]833332[/ATTACH]</p><p>It looks like a yoke is holding this 2 pan scale </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]833333[/ATTACH] </p><p>This butcher shop relief has a steelyard scale.</p><p><br /></p><p>If someone knows of a reference with a scale like the one below, let me know.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]833329[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://rrdenarius.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://rrdenarius.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">http://rrdenarius.blogspot.com/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="rrdenarius, post: 3210229, member: 75525"][ATTACH=full]833326[/ATTACH] I am eagerly waiting for this coin from the recent Kunker Auction. Since I posted a pic of the coin, I figured why not do a write-up as well. This is a large issue (Crawford says 240 dies) so some of you newbie ancient collectors should be able to find these coins on the cheep and have a good story to go with the coin. [I][B] L. Roscius Fabatus [/B][/I] Roman Republic, AR Denarius (Serratus); L. Roscius Fabatus; 64 BC Chr., Rome Obv - Head of Juno Sospita r. in the goatskin cap that is tied in front, behind balance / scale, below: L.ROSCI; border of dots Rev - Girl stands r. feeding snake that is raised in front of her, behind box for weights, In Ex: FABATI; border dots 3.94 g Crawf. 412/1, o/r dies = 240/241 BMC 3474 – this control symbol pair; 3394 - 3510 Syd. 915 RSC / Bab. 1; Note: both books show the scale / box symbol pair. gVF, well centered and struck, nicely toned, some scratches On the occasion of the annual festival of Juno Sospita in Lanuvium, a virgin had to feed the snake living in the basement of the temple. If the girl was chaste, she left the cave to much celebrating from her family, otherwise she was killed by the snake. Crawford notes the die symbols were pairs of related every-day objects. There was no more than one die for each symbol. Bab lists 155 pairs. Grueber lists 108 pairs. Crawford lists 242 pairs. 3.94 g. I bought this coin because I liked the symbol pair. I have not seen an ancient scale or balance with these features: · Two horizontal beams. · An arch below the beams. · A base with legs to hold the vertical post that holds the beam. Most coins are held from above the beam by hand. · The pan on the right is larger than the pan (weight?) on the left. It looks a bit like the Nuremberg ducat scale pictured below from Scales and Weights by Bruno Kisch, pg 40. When a gold ducat of low weight was placed in the right pan, the arch showed how many grains the coin was below standard. I have not seen any ancient scale pictures with the arch. [ATTACH=full]833329[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]833330[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]833334[/ATTACH] you can see a small scale at 5 on the obv and 7 on the rev [ATTACH=full]833335[/ATTACH] similar to my coin, but a modius (to measure grain volume) on the reverse, note the different style scale, coin from CNG [ATTACH=full]833336[/ATTACH] Roman Republic, C. Piso L.f. Frugi. 61 BC (CNG) [ATTACH=full]833337[/ATTACH] Roman Republic, Q. Metellus Scipio and P. Licinius Crassus Iunior, 47-46 BC (New York Sale) [ATTACH=full]833332[/ATTACH] It looks like a yoke is holding this 2 pan scale [ATTACH=full]833333[/ATTACH] This butcher shop relief has a steelyard scale. If someone knows of a reference with a scale like the one below, let me know. [ATTACH=full]833329[/ATTACH] [url]http://rrdenarius.blogspot.com/[/url][/QUOTE]
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