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<p>[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 4525661, member: 99456"]Congrats on your first Dioscuri! here's my coin of this type - the reverse according to Crawford is referencing the moneyer as grandson of C. Servilius Geminus (consul in 203 BC).</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1121201[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>C. Servilius</b>, AR denarius, 136 BC, Rome mint</p><p><b>Obv: </b>ROMA legend with winged, helmeted head of Roma right, helmet surmounted by head of an eagle, wreath and star behind head</p><p><b>Rev:</b> C SERVEILI M F legend beneath the Dioscuri galloping in opposite directions and each looking back</p><p><b>Ref: </b>Crawford 239/1 </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The Dioscuri show up Janiform on the denarius of C. Fonteius, Crawford 290 and stand side-by side on the denarius of L Memmius, Crawford 304. There are others as well. Here's a Greek coin of Dioskurias, ΔΙΟΣΚΟΥΡΙΑΣ, a trading post which according to tradition was founded by the Dioscuri:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1121211[/ATTACH] </p><p>Colchis, Dioskourias, 150-100 BC, Bronze Æ </p><p><b>Obv:</b> Caps of the Dioskouroi surmounted by stars </p><p><b>Rev:</b> ΔI-OΣ KOΥ-ΡIA Δ-OΣ, thyrsos.</p><p><b>Ref: </b>SNG BM 1021[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 4525661, member: 99456"]Congrats on your first Dioscuri! here's my coin of this type - the reverse according to Crawford is referencing the moneyer as grandson of C. Servilius Geminus (consul in 203 BC). [ATTACH=full]1121201[/ATTACH] [B]C. Servilius[/B], AR denarius, 136 BC, Rome mint [B]Obv: [/B]ROMA legend with winged, helmeted head of Roma right, helmet surmounted by head of an eagle, wreath and star behind head [B]Rev:[/B] C SERVEILI M F legend beneath the Dioscuri galloping in opposite directions and each looking back [B]Ref: [/B]Crawford 239/1 The Dioscuri show up Janiform on the denarius of C. Fonteius, Crawford 290 and stand side-by side on the denarius of L Memmius, Crawford 304. There are others as well. Here's a Greek coin of Dioskurias, ΔΙΟΣΚΟΥΡΙΑΣ, a trading post which according to tradition was founded by the Dioscuri: [ATTACH=full]1121211[/ATTACH] Colchis, Dioskourias, 150-100 BC, Bronze Æ [B]Obv:[/B] Caps of the Dioskouroi surmounted by stars [B]Rev:[/B] ΔI-OΣ KOΥ-ΡIA Δ-OΣ, thyrsos. [B]Ref: [/B]SNG BM 1021[/QUOTE]
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