new republican

picked up a couple of new republican coins i thought i'd share.

here's one of them, i know several of you also have one of this type!



L. Calpurnius Piso Frugi
AR denarius
90 BC
o:head of apollo, F behind, R below right (or what is that? a bow?), all in circle of dots.
r:galloping horseman with palm branch right, v above, L·PISOFRVGI below
SYD 663v
18x19 mm
4.0g

well, i've seen this coin type many types before. but until i picked this one up, i didn't notice how many varieties there were. how many variations of the right facing apollo coin and horse are there? it's pretty darn hard to look at pics of the type online and find two that are alike. anyone know why there are a a zillion different letters and symbols in the fields of good ol's mr. frugi's coins? lots of different styled apollos as well, some more crude, some very well done.

post your frugis!

 

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This is one of those coins I think someone could make a sub collection and maybe never have one of them all. Very nice pickup Chris.

L CALPURNIUS PISO FRUGI ROMAN REPUBLIC AR Denarius OBVERSE: Laureate head of Apollo right, number LV behind REVERSE: Horseman galloping right, holding palm L PISO FRVGI below, ROMA monogram, number LXXII above
Struck at Rome 90 BC
3.75g, 18.4mm
Cr340/1, Calpurnia 12


L CALPURNIUS PISO FRUGI ROMAN REPUBLIC AR Denarius OBVERSE: Laureate head of Apollo r., behind, point control, front, check letter
REVERSE: Horseman galloping towards r., holding a palm branch, above, symbol, and below Piso Frvgi / check letter
Struck at Rome 90 BC
4.0g, 18mm
Cr340/1, Sydenham 670d. Calpurnia 11

 

One I would like to have, see it often though. Nice addition.

 

Nice-looking new pickup, chrsmat. I still want one of these, but preferably the one with the horseman being chased by a scorpion.

 

Cool coin, brother chrsmat ... very sweet addition

Ummm, I don't have an exact match, but I do have a coin that is some relation to your new sweetie (30 years after your example) ...

C. Piso L.f. Frugi AR Denarius
61 BC
Rome mint
Diameter: 17 mm
Weight: 3.73 grams
Obverse: Head of Apollo right, hair bound with fillet; wreath behind
Reverse: Horseman galloping right, holding whip

 

I believe every die was given a different number/letter/symbol and this was a huge issue so there are hundreds of them. I have to admit a preference for the ones with large Roman numerals. Banti shows one with octopus obverse and 146 (CXXXXVI) reverse but I do not know how many there are altogether. Mine is 77/94. Bing's 55/72 confirms the proportion of obverse to reverse dies (obverses lasted longer than reverses).

 

I just read the wiki stuff on the Frugi family or gens and I guess I dont get it exactly how coins were "regulated" in the early republic. Could any noble family or rich person just strike up some coins? Didn't the ruling elites have to make some choices or was it an open system?

 

JB, almost everything you could possibly want to know about Republican coinage can be found on Andrew McCabe's site here. Read his articles in particular - they are extremely informative.

 

here's my other new republican.



Mn. Cordius Rufus
46 BC
AR denarius
Rome
O: Conjoined heads of the Dioscuri right, each wearing diademed pileus surmounted by star
R: Venus standing left, holding scales and scepter, Cupid at her shoulder. Crawford 463/1b. HCRI 63a. Sydenham 976a. Cordia 2b.
18mm
3.7g

From The BVH Collection....anyone know what this means? Who or what this is? I've seen several coins for sale/sold that were listed as "from the BVH collection".

Here's the auction the seller i got if from purchased it at himself. I payed more than he did.

http://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/ro...s-ca-46-bc-ar-denarius-362-gm-/a/3015-26018.s

doug just posted one of these that he purchased a coin show, i picked this one up the day he posted his new coin. i had just purchased it a couple hours before, so DS didn't make me buy....this time.

post your cordius rufus, dioscuri, or venus silvers!

thanks to JA and bing for flying wingman for me on this one.

 

Super coins, Chris, and everyone! Sigh...so many great coins, so little money.

 

Of those three I only have a coin with Venus, but she's not what I like best about this coin

 

what is that vk?

 

Its a little hard to distinguish but the name on the reverse should fill you in

 

ohhhhhhhhhhhhh...now i see it.

 

JULIUS CAESAR AR Denarius
OBVERSE: Diademed head of Venus right.
REVERSE: CAESAR - Aeneas advancing left, carrying Anchises and palladium.
Carthage 47 to 46 BC
4.0g, 17mm
CRI 55, Sydenham 1013, RRC 458/1, S 1402

BTW Chris, I love that Rufus Denarius. When you choose to get rid of it......

 

Nice coins all

 

My brother found in Western Ukraine one of the horseman galloping holding a palm branch con. Western Ukraine?? I wonder what brought that coin there?

 

Found one in Ukraine. I mean Ukraine? I wonder what brought this coin there?

 

Colonies of ancient Greece, Rome and the Byzantine Empire were founded in what is now modern day Ukraine beginning in the 6th century BC, on the northeastern shore of the Black Sea, and thrived well into the 6th century AD.

 

There are Roman denarii being dug in Ukraine all of the time.