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<p>[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 4058106, member: 110350"]I particularly like Republican denarii with reverses showing animals, so I thought I'd post a few of mine. I'm excluding horses -- real and mythological -- because that would take in what seem to me to be a substantial minority (if not a majority) of Republican coins, especially the earlier ones.</p><p><br /></p><p>Instead, here are a bull, a lion, a dolphin, a hound, and a wild boar. (In addition, although I won't re-post the Juno Sospita denarius from the thread about shields, there's a small snake on the lower right of the reverse of that coin. See <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/l-procili-juno-sospita-reverse-jpg.1061246/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/l-procili-juno-sospita-reverse-jpg.1061246/">https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/l-procili-juno-sospita-reverse-jpg.1061246/</a>.)</p><p><br /></p><p>The images are all from the sellers, except the last one.</p><p><br /></p><p>First, the bull: Roman Republic, L. Thorius Balbus, AR Denarius, 105 BCE. Obv. Head of Juno Sospita R., “ISMR” [Iunonis Sospitae Magnae Reginae] / Rev. Bull Charging Right, A above, “L. THORIUS BALBUS.” RSC I Thoria 1, Crawford 316/1, Sear RCV I 192. 20.11 mm., 3.85 g. <i>David R. Sear Certificate of Authenticity, 11/16/2012, No. 690CY/RR/CO/C.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>[ATTACH=full]1062797[/ATTACH] </i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>Next, the lion: Roman Republic. C. Poblicius Q.f. AR Serrate Denarius, 80 BCE. Obverse: Head of Roma right, wearing helmet decorated with grain ears; ROMA behind / Rev: C•POBLICI•Q•F; Hercules standing left, strangling the Nemean Lion; bow and quiver to left, club below. Crawford 380/1; RSC I Poblicia 9; Sydenham 768. 20.13 mm., 3.84 g.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1062800[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Next, the dolphin: Roman Republic, L Lucretius Trio, 76 BCE, AR Denarius. Obv. Laureate head of Neptune right, XXXIII above and trident behind/ Rev. Cupid (or Infant Genius) on dolphin right; L LVCRETIVS TRIO. Crawford 390/2, Sydenham 784, RSC I Lucretia 3.19 mm., 3.9 g.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1062802[/ATTACH]</p><p>Next, the hound: Roman Republic, C. Postumius, AR Denarius, Rome 74 BCE. Obv. Bust of Diana R. w/ bow and quiver/ Rev. Hound running R., hunting spear below, “C POSTUMI TA” in exergue. RSC I Postumia 9, Crawford 394/1, Sear RCV I 330. 18 mm., 3.83 g.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1062803[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Finally, the wild boar (with another hound as a bonus animal!): Roman Republic, C. Hosidius C.f. Geta, AR Denarius 68 BCE. Obv. Diademed and draped bust of Diana R., bow and quiver over shoulder, GETA before, III VIR behind/ Rev. Wild boar of Calydon r., pierced in shoulder by spear and attacked by hound beneath, C. HOSIDI C F in exergue. RSC I Hosidia 1 (ill.), Crawford 407/2, Sydenham 903, Sear RCV I 346 (ill.). 18 mm., 3.91 g.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1062809[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1062810[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>As sellers like to say, this one looks much better "in hand" than in the photos I took. I bought it at the recent NYINC a few weeks ago, which is why I have no seller's photo. (I was there for several hours on the Friday afternoon -- perhaps some of you were also there, and I unknowingly crossed your paths. I certainly wasn't the only woman there as a collector, but, as usual, there weren't very many! In fact, there seemed to be more women behind the dealers' tables than in front of them.)</p><p><br /></p><p>If any of you have your own Republican animal reverses (non-equine variety!) that you'd like to post, I'd love to see them.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 4058106, member: 110350"]I particularly like Republican denarii with reverses showing animals, so I thought I'd post a few of mine. I'm excluding horses -- real and mythological -- because that would take in what seem to me to be a substantial minority (if not a majority) of Republican coins, especially the earlier ones. Instead, here are a bull, a lion, a dolphin, a hound, and a wild boar. (In addition, although I won't re-post the Juno Sospita denarius from the thread about shields, there's a small snake on the lower right of the reverse of that coin. See [URL]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/l-procili-juno-sospita-reverse-jpg.1061246/[/URL].) The images are all from the sellers, except the last one. First, the bull: Roman Republic, L. Thorius Balbus, AR Denarius, 105 BCE. Obv. Head of Juno Sospita R., “ISMR” [Iunonis Sospitae Magnae Reginae] / Rev. Bull Charging Right, A above, “L. THORIUS BALBUS.” RSC I Thoria 1, Crawford 316/1, Sear RCV I 192. 20.11 mm., 3.85 g. [I]David R. Sear Certificate of Authenticity, 11/16/2012, No. 690CY/RR/CO/C. [ATTACH=full]1062797[/ATTACH] [/I] Next, the lion: Roman Republic. C. Poblicius Q.f. AR Serrate Denarius, 80 BCE. Obverse: Head of Roma right, wearing helmet decorated with grain ears; ROMA behind / Rev: C•POBLICI•Q•F; Hercules standing left, strangling the Nemean Lion; bow and quiver to left, club below. Crawford 380/1; RSC I Poblicia 9; Sydenham 768. 20.13 mm., 3.84 g. [ATTACH=full]1062800[/ATTACH] Next, the dolphin: Roman Republic, L Lucretius Trio, 76 BCE, AR Denarius. Obv. Laureate head of Neptune right, XXXIII above and trident behind/ Rev. Cupid (or Infant Genius) on dolphin right; L LVCRETIVS TRIO. Crawford 390/2, Sydenham 784, RSC I Lucretia 3.19 mm., 3.9 g. [ATTACH=full]1062802[/ATTACH] Next, the hound: Roman Republic, C. Postumius, AR Denarius, Rome 74 BCE. Obv. Bust of Diana R. w/ bow and quiver/ Rev. Hound running R., hunting spear below, “C POSTUMI TA” in exergue. RSC I Postumia 9, Crawford 394/1, Sear RCV I 330. 18 mm., 3.83 g. [ATTACH=full]1062803[/ATTACH] Finally, the wild boar (with another hound as a bonus animal!): Roman Republic, C. Hosidius C.f. Geta, AR Denarius 68 BCE. Obv. Diademed and draped bust of Diana R., bow and quiver over shoulder, GETA before, III VIR behind/ Rev. Wild boar of Calydon r., pierced in shoulder by spear and attacked by hound beneath, C. HOSIDI C F in exergue. RSC I Hosidia 1 (ill.), Crawford 407/2, Sydenham 903, Sear RCV I 346 (ill.). 18 mm., 3.91 g. [ATTACH=full]1062809[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1062810[/ATTACH] As sellers like to say, this one looks much better "in hand" than in the photos I took. I bought it at the recent NYINC a few weeks ago, which is why I have no seller's photo. (I was there for several hours on the Friday afternoon -- perhaps some of you were also there, and I unknowingly crossed your paths. I certainly wasn't the only woman there as a collector, but, as usual, there weren't very many! In fact, there seemed to be more women behind the dealers' tables than in front of them.) If any of you have your own Republican animal reverses (non-equine variety!) that you'd like to post, I'd love to see them.[/QUOTE]
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