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<p>[QUOTE="Curtis, post: 24854011, member: 26430"]Great coin and great Pegasos on the reverse.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don't have too many, but I love this period for the combination of Gallic & Roman style & symbols, with Latin inscriptions.</p><p><br /></p><p>The most recent ANS "Long Table" (on Friday) discussed Gallic and Iberian coins (and other Western "Provincials") & the gradual adoption of features of Roman Republican coinage (e.g., imagery, denominations, inscriptions).</p><blockquote><ul> <li><a href="https://numismatics.org/lt166/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://numismatics.org/lt166/" rel="nofollow">Long Table 166 (15 Dec 2023). Lucia Carbone: Local Coinages in a Roman World, Second Century BC–First Century AD</a><br /> [The video isn't up yet, but they'll post it to Youtube & ANS website]</li> </ul></blockquote><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center"><b>MY TWO FAVORITES</b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>C. Gaul (Sequani) AR Quinarius</b> (12mm, 1.93g, 5h), 1st cent. BCE.</p><p>Head of Roma / Horse. Q•DOCI – SAM•F.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1593054[/ATTACH]</p><blockquote><p><font size="4"><a href="https://conservatoricoins.com/provenance-coins/part-i-western-greek-world/#Sequani" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://conservatoricoins.com/provenance-coins/part-i-western-greek-world/#Sequani" rel="nofollow">This coin</a> = Cahn 81 (5 Apr 1933), 1606 (part), ex Collections of Felix de Saulcy (1807-1880) & Prince Karl Egon II (and descendants, Fürstenberger family, 19th cent. or earlier)</font></p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>Interesting adaptation of the helmeted Roma with visor found on Republican Denarii! And maintaining the Gallo-Celtic style image of horse on the reverse, but with Latin inscriptions.</p><p><br /></p><p>This was one of the "highly Romanized <i>deniers gauloises</i>" discussed by L. Carbone last Friday (see above).</p><p><br /></p><p>They name a Gallic Chieftan with Roman praenomen, (probably) Quintus Doci. This tribe was apparently described by Julius Caesar as "friends of the Romans" (<i>Amici Populi Romani</i>).</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>S. Gaul (probably Cavares) AE Sextans</b> (?) (16mm, 1.67g), 1st cent. BCE.</p><p>Naming T. Pom. Sex. f. (Titus Pompeius, son of Sextus?). Male bust r. / Bull.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1593051[/ATTACH]</p><blockquote><p><font size="4"><a href="https://conservatoricoins.com/provenance-coins/part-i-western-greek-world/#Cavares" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://conservatoricoins.com/provenance-coins/part-i-western-greek-world/#Cavares" rel="nofollow">This coin</a> = <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/507" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/507" rel="nofollow">RPC I Online 507, ex. 14</a> = Depeyrot 130.54 = Amb. P. Villemur (1946-) Coll. (Burgan 31 [Paris, 6 Nov 1992], 84; <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=431820" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=431820" rel="nofollow">Triton XI [NYC, 8 Jan 2008], 2</a>) = Nomus Brasiliana Coll., NB206 (exhibited at various Brazilian institutions, 2011-2017; pub. Noenio Spinola, 2011, <i>Dinheiro, Deuses & Poder</i>)</font></p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>Is the male bust a portrait of the named Titus Pompeius? References don't seem to take a stance for this one. Recent: Valverde, "Sobre...(RPC I 507)", 2013 [<a href="http://ceipac.ub.edu/biblio/Data/A/0699.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://ceipac.ub.edu/biblio/Data/A/0699.pdf" rel="nofollow">to PDF</a>] (<i>en español</i>); classic: Blanchet, <i>Traité</i>, 1905: pp. 255-6 [<a href="https://archive.org/details/traitdesmonnaie02blangoog/page/254/mode/2up" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://archive.org/details/traitdesmonnaie02blangoog/page/254/mode/2up" rel="nofollow">on Archive</a>] (<i>en français</i>).</p><p><br /></p><p>The Roman Republican mints didn't use their own portraits yet, but it seems the Western "pre-Provincial" coins sometimes did. (See, e.g., the fascinating <a href="https://issuu.com/kuenkercoins/docs/kuenker396_web" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://issuu.com/kuenkercoins/docs/kuenker396_web" rel="nofollow"><i>Sammlung</i> Dr. W.R., Teil 7 = Kuenker 396</a>, focused on this period & region's portraits.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Curtis, post: 24854011, member: 26430"]Great coin and great Pegasos on the reverse. I don't have too many, but I love this period for the combination of Gallic & Roman style & symbols, with Latin inscriptions. The most recent ANS "Long Table" (on Friday) discussed Gallic and Iberian coins (and other Western "Provincials") & the gradual adoption of features of Roman Republican coinage (e.g., imagery, denominations, inscriptions). [INDENT][LIST] [*][URL='https://numismatics.org/lt166/']Long Table 166 (15 Dec 2023). Lucia Carbone: Local Coinages in a Roman World, Second Century BC–First Century AD[/URL] [The video isn't up yet, but they'll post it to Youtube & ANS website] [/LIST][/INDENT] [CENTER][B]MY TWO FAVORITES[/B][/CENTER] [B]C. Gaul (Sequani) AR Quinarius[/B] (12mm, 1.93g, 5h), 1st cent. BCE. Head of Roma / Horse. Q•DOCI – SAM•F. [ATTACH=full]1593054[/ATTACH] [INDENT][SIZE=4][URL='https://conservatoricoins.com/provenance-coins/part-i-western-greek-world/#Sequani']This coin[/URL] = Cahn 81 (5 Apr 1933), 1606 (part), ex Collections of Felix de Saulcy (1807-1880) & Prince Karl Egon II (and descendants, Fürstenberger family, 19th cent. or earlier)[/SIZE][/INDENT] Interesting adaptation of the helmeted Roma with visor found on Republican Denarii! And maintaining the Gallo-Celtic style image of horse on the reverse, but with Latin inscriptions. This was one of the "highly Romanized [I]deniers gauloises[/I]" discussed by L. Carbone last Friday (see above). They name a Gallic Chieftan with Roman praenomen, (probably) Quintus Doci. This tribe was apparently described by Julius Caesar as "friends of the Romans" ([I]Amici Populi Romani[/I]). [B]S. Gaul (probably Cavares) AE Sextans[/B] (?) (16mm, 1.67g), 1st cent. BCE. Naming T. Pom. Sex. f. (Titus Pompeius, son of Sextus?). Male bust r. / Bull. [ATTACH=full]1593051[/ATTACH] [INDENT][SIZE=4][URL='https://conservatoricoins.com/provenance-coins/part-i-western-greek-world/#Cavares']This coin[/URL] = [URL='https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/507']RPC I Online 507, ex. 14[/URL] = Depeyrot 130.54 = Amb. P. Villemur (1946-) Coll. (Burgan 31 [Paris, 6 Nov 1992], 84; [URL='https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=431820']Triton XI [NYC, 8 Jan 2008], 2[/URL]) = Nomus Brasiliana Coll., NB206 (exhibited at various Brazilian institutions, 2011-2017; pub. Noenio Spinola, 2011, [I]Dinheiro, Deuses & Poder[/I])[/SIZE][/INDENT] Is the male bust a portrait of the named Titus Pompeius? References don't seem to take a stance for this one. Recent: Valverde, "Sobre...(RPC I 507)", 2013 [[URL='http://ceipac.ub.edu/biblio/Data/A/0699.pdf']to PDF[/URL]] ([I]en español[/I]); classic: Blanchet, [I]Traité[/I], 1905: pp. 255-6 [[URL='https://archive.org/details/traitdesmonnaie02blangoog/page/254/mode/2up']on Archive[/URL]] ([I]en français[/I]). The Roman Republican mints didn't use their own portraits yet, but it seems the Western "pre-Provincial" coins sometimes did. (See, e.g., the fascinating [URL='https://issuu.com/kuenkercoins/docs/kuenker396_web'][I]Sammlung[/I] Dr. W.R., Teil 7 = Kuenker 396[/URL], focused on this period & region's portraits.)[/QUOTE]
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