Just wanted to share this little collage and presentation I made a while back. People that have me on Facebook have already seen it. It covers the main focal points (Punic war, Bellum Sociale and Antonian coinage) of the collection pretty well. I hope you enjoy it!
Well done, @Michael Stolt ! I like them ALL as they are in my collecting focus, and/or I have several of them. Your Marsic and Litra are excellent. Marsic Confederation / Italian Allies Social War 90-88 BCE AR Denarius 19x17.9mm, 3.7g Anonymous Issue, Corfinium Mint Obv: Italia head, l, ITALIA behind Rev: Oath-taking scene with eight warriors, four on each side, pointing their swords towards a sacrificial pig, which is held by an attendant kneeling at the foot of a standard. - Binding the Marsi, Picentines, Paeligni, Marrucini, Vestini, Frentani, Samnites, and Hirpini Tribes into the Marsic Confederation against Rome during the Social War Comment: The reverse is based on the gold Stater and Half-Stater from the Second Punic War, and the Ti Viturius denarius... Sear 227 SYD 621 SCARCE
Thank you! Bellum Sociale Coinage is really interesting and I love the iconography. The oath scene ones are definitely among my favorites.
I’m not a massive fan of RR silvers, but those look amazing. Maybe I’ll start branching out with my new paycheck...
Thank you! Republican silver can be of very fine style. This of course requires you to find specimens from fine style die pairings, this for certain types is very difficult. Early RR Coinage tends be of finer style generally, while many 2nd century BC types are tricky to find.
