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<p>[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 4771425, member: 110350"]I know that mine is a very small collection of Roman Republican coins compared to what many of you have, so it may seem silly of me even to mention. But 30 is a lot to me, and I'm very fond of almost every one of them.</p><p><br /></p><p>Roman Republic, A. Postumius A.f. Sp.n. Albinus (Aulus Postumius Albinus, son of Aulus [mint magistrate ca. 96 BCE], and grandson of Spurius [Consul 110 BCE]), AR Serrate Denarius, 81 BCE, Rome mint. Obv. Veiled head of Hispania right, with disheveled hair; HISPAN behind / Rev. Togate figure standing left, raising right hand towards legionary eagle to left; fasces with ax to right; A •/ ALBIN/ N • S [AL in monogram] across fields; POST • A • F in exergue. Crawford 372/2, RSC I Postumia 8 (ill.), Sydenham 746, Sear RCV I 297 (ill.), BMCRR Rome 2839-42, Harlan RRM I Ch. 1 at pp. 6-7 [Harlan, Michael, <i>Roman Republican Moneyers and their Coins</i>, 81 BCE-64 BCE (2012)]. 19 mm., 3.92 g., 6 h. (<i>Purchased from Brad Bowlin; Ex.“old French collection in Paris.” Double die-match to Die AB for type, RRDP, Schaefer Binder 5, p. 193-0; see </i><a href="http://numismatics.org/archives/ark:/53695/schaefer.rrdp.b05#schaefer_372-2_b05_p193.)*" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/archives/ark:/53695/schaefer.rrdp.b05#schaefer_372-2_b05_p193.)*" rel="nofollow"><i>http://numismatics.org/archives/ark:/53695/schaefer.rrdp.b05#schaefer_372-2_b05_p193.)</i></a> *</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1162187[/ATTACH]</p><p>* RSC I (p. 82), and BMCRR (p. 352 n. 1) agree that the coin probably relates to the praetorship over Spain of the moneyer’s ancestor Lucius Postumius Albinus (Praetor 180 BCE), his successful expeditions against the Vaccari and Lusitani, and the levying of troops for this campaign. Crawford concurs, stating (Vol. 1 at p. 389) that “the reverse, combining a togate figure on the one hand with an eagle and the fasces on the other, perhaps simply alludes to civilian and military <i>imperium</i>; taken with the obverse type, the reference is doubtless to the Spanish command of L. Postumius Albinus, Pr. 180.”</p><p><br /></p><p>Harlan, too, details the victories of Lucius Postumius Albinus in Further Spain, and his triumph in Rome in 178 BCE. RRM 1 at p. 7. However, Harlan also ties this coin to contemporary events, namely the fact that after Sulla’s victory over Marius, there remained one bastion of Marian resistance to Roman <i>imperium</i>, namely in Spain, where the governor, Sertorius, refused to obey the Senate, establishing an independent state and a refuge for the defeated Marians. Sulla sent an army against Sertorius in late 82 BCE, although the conflict continued at least until 80. Sertorius found his greatest support among the Lusitanians; hence the relevance (beyond the moneyer’s family history) of L. Postumius Albinus’s victories over the Lusitanians a century earlier. Id. at pp. 6-7. Thus, according to Harlan, the “unnamed togate magistrate flanked by the fasces and the legionary eagle is a symbol of Roman <i>imperium</i>. Postumius’ coin shows that Spain, represented by Hispania on the obverse, must also recognize Roman <i>imperium</i> and embrace Rome as the head of things just as Italy had done. Id. at p. 7. (See this moneyer’s other coin, Crawford 372/1, and its theme of Rome as <i>caput rerum</i> for Italy, discussed at RRM I Ch. 1 at pp. 1-6.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are the two Schaefer RRDP coins to which I think mine might be a double die match (see link above):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1162195[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>If anyone disagrees, please let me know.</p><p><br /></p><p>Finally, here are all 30 of my Republican coins as they look today, together in their tray (click to enlarge):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1162196[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Please feel free to post whatever you think may be relevant.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 4771425, member: 110350"]I know that mine is a very small collection of Roman Republican coins compared to what many of you have, so it may seem silly of me even to mention. But 30 is a lot to me, and I'm very fond of almost every one of them. Roman Republic, A. Postumius A.f. Sp.n. Albinus (Aulus Postumius Albinus, son of Aulus [mint magistrate ca. 96 BCE], and grandson of Spurius [Consul 110 BCE]), AR Serrate Denarius, 81 BCE, Rome mint. Obv. Veiled head of Hispania right, with disheveled hair; HISPAN behind / Rev. Togate figure standing left, raising right hand towards legionary eagle to left; fasces with ax to right; A •/ ALBIN/ N • S [AL in monogram] across fields; POST • A • F in exergue. Crawford 372/2, RSC I Postumia 8 (ill.), Sydenham 746, Sear RCV I 297 (ill.), BMCRR Rome 2839-42, Harlan RRM I Ch. 1 at pp. 6-7 [Harlan, Michael, [I]Roman Republican Moneyers and their Coins[/I], 81 BCE-64 BCE (2012)]. 19 mm., 3.92 g., 6 h. ([I]Purchased from Brad Bowlin; Ex.“old French collection in Paris.” Double die-match to Die AB for type, RRDP, Schaefer Binder 5, p. 193-0; see [/I][URL='http://numismatics.org/archives/ark:/53695/schaefer.rrdp.b05#schaefer_372-2_b05_p193.)*'][I]http://numismatics.org/archives/ark:/53695/schaefer.rrdp.b05#schaefer_372-2_b05_p193.)[/I][/URL] * [ATTACH=full]1162187[/ATTACH] * RSC I (p. 82), and BMCRR (p. 352 n. 1) agree that the coin probably relates to the praetorship over Spain of the moneyer’s ancestor Lucius Postumius Albinus (Praetor 180 BCE), his successful expeditions against the Vaccari and Lusitani, and the levying of troops for this campaign. Crawford concurs, stating (Vol. 1 at p. 389) that “the reverse, combining a togate figure on the one hand with an eagle and the fasces on the other, perhaps simply alludes to civilian and military [I]imperium[/I]; taken with the obverse type, the reference is doubtless to the Spanish command of L. Postumius Albinus, Pr. 180.” Harlan, too, details the victories of Lucius Postumius Albinus in Further Spain, and his triumph in Rome in 178 BCE. RRM 1 at p. 7. However, Harlan also ties this coin to contemporary events, namely the fact that after Sulla’s victory over Marius, there remained one bastion of Marian resistance to Roman [I]imperium[/I], namely in Spain, where the governor, Sertorius, refused to obey the Senate, establishing an independent state and a refuge for the defeated Marians. Sulla sent an army against Sertorius in late 82 BCE, although the conflict continued at least until 80. Sertorius found his greatest support among the Lusitanians; hence the relevance (beyond the moneyer’s family history) of L. Postumius Albinus’s victories over the Lusitanians a century earlier. Id. at pp. 6-7. Thus, according to Harlan, the “unnamed togate magistrate flanked by the fasces and the legionary eagle is a symbol of Roman [I]imperium[/I]. Postumius’ coin shows that Spain, represented by Hispania on the obverse, must also recognize Roman [I]imperium[/I] and embrace Rome as the head of things just as Italy had done. Id. at p. 7. (See this moneyer’s other coin, Crawford 372/1, and its theme of Rome as [I]caput rerum[/I] for Italy, discussed at RRM I Ch. 1 at pp. 1-6.) Here are the two Schaefer RRDP coins to which I think mine might be a double die match (see link above): [ATTACH=full]1162195[/ATTACH] If anyone disagrees, please let me know. Finally, here are all 30 of my Republican coins as they look today, together in their tray (click to enlarge): [ATTACH=full]1162196[/ATTACH] Please feel free to post whatever you think may be relevant.[/QUOTE]
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