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<p>[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 8056604, member: 99456"][ATTACH=full]1396298[/ATTACH]</p><p>This week marked the third year from my first post on CT and I keep returning for new information, access to experts, ancient coin humor (sometimes hard to recognize) and interesting coins. It is also nearly end of year again, when CT members will start to post their top 10 lists. This year, I sold more coins than I bought. Although it seemed that I was the under-bidder all of this year, a look back shows a better picture. As I assembled my Top 10, I was surprised to see that the list was complete by the end of July.</p><p><br /></p><p>Five Roman Republican (RR) coins made the Top 10 list, the top coin is an RR denarius, and I added enough RR denarii this year that I could have made an all RR top 10. Several coins didn't make the list and can be found in my Notes pages:</p><p>- <a href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/sulla-s-uncle-or-grandfather" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/sulla-s-uncle-or-grandfather" rel="nofollow">Sulla's Uncle or Grandfather</a></p><p>- <a href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/the-right-of-appeal" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/the-right-of-appeal" rel="nofollow">The Right of Appeal</a></p><p>- <a href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/grain-and-civil-unrest-in-the-republic" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/grain-and-civil-unrest-in-the-republic" rel="nofollow">Grain and Civil Unrest in the Republic</a></p><p>- <a href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/coins-of-the-second-triumvirate" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/coins-of-the-second-triumvirate" rel="nofollow">Coins of the Second Triumvirate</a></p><p>- <a href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/cato-the-younger" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/cato-the-younger" rel="nofollow">Cato the Younger</a></p><p><br /></p><p><b>#10 Galatians in Egypt (and Sicily)</b></p><p>I am going to stretch "Top 10" with this pair, required to tell the story. One a Ptolemy issued in Egypt the other issued by Hieron in Sicily, both referencing Galatian mercenaries. Why would Hieron issue coins under the name of Ptolemy II?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1395911[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Top:</b> Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy II Philadelphos (285-246 BC), AR Tetradrachm, Ptolemais-Ake mint, struck circa 275-262/1 BC</p><p><b>Obv:</b> Diademed head to right, [wearing aegis]</p><p><b>Rev:</b> ΠΤΟΛEΜΑΙOΥ BAΣΙΛEΩΣ, eagle with closed wings standing to left on thunderbolt; ΠT over two monograms to left, Galatian shield to right</p><p><b>Ref:</b> CPE 441; Svoronos 544; SNG Copenhagen 521 (Uncertain Phoenician mint)</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Bottom: </b>Sicily, Syracuse, Æ Obol (17.0g, 27.3mm, 12h), time of Hieron II, circa 285-246 BC, imitative issue in the types of Ptolemy II Philadelphos of Egypt</p><p><b>Obv:</b> Laureate head of Zeus to right</p><p><b>Rev:</b> ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle standing to left on thunderbolt, with wings spread; Galatian shield to left</p><p><b>Ref:</b> CPE B289; Svoronos 610; Wolf & Lorber, 'Alexandrian' Style, P57–71; SNG Copenhagen 114.</p><p>More in this coin in my Notes: <a href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/galatians-in-egypt" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/galatians-in-egypt" rel="nofollow">Galatians in Egypt</a></p><p><br /></p><p><b>#9 Fonteius' Ship </b>a wonderful ship on the reverse</p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]1395912[/ATTACH] </b></p><p><b>C. Fonteius</b>, 114-113 BC, AR denarius, 3.82g, Rome mint</p><p><b>Obv:</b> Laureate, janiform head of Fons (or Fontus); two dots below, V to left, * [mark of value] to right</p><p><b>Rev:</b> Galley left with three rowers, gubernator at stern</p><p><b>Ref: </b>Crawford 290/1; Sydenham 555; Fonteia 1</p><p>More on this coin in my Notes: <a href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/ancient-ships" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/ancient-ships" rel="nofollow">Ancient Ships</a></p><p><br /></p><p><b>#8 Genius of the Roman People</b> a coin that came with undeclared provenance from Shaeffer die project and [USER=90666]@Andrew McCabe[/USER] - and gave me an excuse to decode some of the cryptic notes in Crawford RRC.</p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]1395913[/ATTACH] </b></p><p><b>P. Cornelius Lentulus Marcellinus</b>, 100 BC, AR Denarius (17.5mm, 3.08 g, 11h), Rome mint</p><p><b>Obv: </b>Bareheaded bust of young Hercules right, seen from behind, wearing lion skin and holding club; to left, shield and •/R /</p><p><b>Rev:</b> LENT.MAR.F. Roma standing facing, holding spear, being crowned by Genius of the Roman People, holding wreath and cornucopia; •/R between them; all within laurel wreath</p><p><b>Ref: </b>Crawford 329/1a; Sydenham 604; Cornelia 25; RBW 1186 var. (control letter)</p><p><b>Note:</b> ex CNG, from the <a href="https://issuu.com/cngcoins/docs/cng_114_virtual_catalog/10" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://issuu.com/cngcoins/docs/cng_114_virtual_catalog/10" rel="nofollow">"Benito Collection"</a>, formed by the Spanish ambassador Ramón Sáenz de Heredia y Alonso, who passed away in 2016.</p><p>For more on this coin in my Notes: <a href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/unencrypting-crawford-rrc" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/unencrypting-crawford-rrc" rel="nofollow">Unencrypting Crawford</a></p><p><br /></p><p><b>#7 Pompeians in Africa</b></p><p>I was thrilled to pick up this coin this year, a type that has been long on my list and hard to find for price/quality that I liked. This coins issued by the adopted son of one of Sulla's co-consuls. Issued from a military mint in Africa, it is from the civil wars that concluded with the end of the Republic and the start of the empire.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1395914[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>The Pompeians</b>, Q. Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio, AR Denarius, military mint traveling with Scipio in Africa, 47-46 BC. Eppius, legate</p><p><b>Obv:</b> Head of Africa right, wearing elephant skin headdress; grain ear before, plough below, Q•METELL downwards to right, SCIPIO•IMP upwards to left</p><p><b>Rev:</b> Hercules standing facing, right hand on hip, leaning on club draped with lion skin and set on rock; LEG•F•C upwards to left, EPPIVS downwards to right</p><p><b>Ref:</b> Crawford <a href="http://numismatics.org/crro/id/rrc-461.1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/crro/id/rrc-461.1" rel="nofollow">461/1</a></p><p>More on this coin in my Notes: <a href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/julius-caesar-v-pompeians" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/julius-caesar-v-pompeians" rel="nofollow">Julius Caesar v. Pompeians</a></p><p><br /></p><p><b>#6 Julius Caesar</b> a coin that I didn't know existed until I saw it, and could not let go of once I did, my first portrait coin of Julius Caesar and a coin to complete a 12 Caesar's set.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1395915[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Macedon, Thessalonica</b> or Unknown Asia Minor mint, Augustus, with Divus Julius Caesar, 27 BC-AD 14, Æ (21mm, 8.66g, 6h)</p><p><b>Obv: </b>ΘEOC, bare head of Divus Julius Caesar right</p><p><b>Rev:</b> CEBACTOY ΘE, bare head of Augustus right</p><p><b>Ref:</b> BMC 61; Varbanov 4154; RPC I <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/5421" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/5421" rel="nofollow">5421</a> (uncertain mint)</p><p><b>Rarity:</b> 12 specimen are listed in in RPC online and my example is the second heaviest and nicer condition and style, in my view, than the other examples with photos. Varbanov lists the coin 4154 as R5 = 100-200 examples.</p><p>More on this coin with 11 companions in my Notes: <a href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/not-the-usual-12-caesars" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/not-the-usual-12-caesars" rel="nofollow">Not the Usual "12 Caesars"</a></p><p><br /></p><p><b>#5 Faustina II </b>a coin with no explanation other than "I liked it"</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1395916[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Faustina II</b>, AR denarius (3.59g, 18mm), Augusta, AD 147-175, Rome, under Antoninus Pius, circa AD December 147 and March 149</p><p><b>Obv:</b> FAVSTINAE AVG PII AVG FIL, draped bust of Faustina II right, hair tied in bun at back of head, single circlet of pearls around</p><p><b>Rev: </b>V-E-NVS, Venus standing facing, head left, holding apple and rudder with dolphin entwined</p><p><b>Ref: </b><a href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.3.ant.515A_denarius" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.3.ant.515A_denarius" rel="nofollow">RIC 515a</a>; Strack 520; <a href="https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.69980/page/n361/mode/2up" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.69980/page/n361/mode/2up" rel="nofollow">BMC 1067</a>; RSC 261</p><p>More on this coin in my Notes: <a href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/faustina-the-younger" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/faustina-the-younger" rel="nofollow">Faustina the Younger</a></p><p><br /></p><p><b>#4 Phokis Bull </b>one of several where I drifted into earlier Greek coins</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1395917[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Phokis, federal coinage</b>, circa 357-354 BC, AR Triobol/Hemidrachm, Philomelos, strategos</p><p><b>Obv:</b> facing head of bull</p><p><b>Rev:</b> Head of Artemis right; branch to left</p><p><b>Ref: </b>Williams 303 (O220/R189); BCD Lokris 463.1 (these dies); HGC 4, 1046</p><p>More on this coin in my Notes: <a href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/of-greeks-and-cattle" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/of-greeks-and-cattle" rel="nofollow">Greeks and Cattle</a></p><p><br /></p><p><b>#3 Chalkis Nymph</b> another Greek coin that captured my attention</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1395918[/ATTACH] <b>Euboia, Chalkis</b>, circa 338-308 BC, AR Drachm, (16.9mm, 3.68g, 12h)</p><p><b>Obv:</b> Head of nymph Chalkis left</p><p><b>Rev:</b> Eagle left, holding serpent in talons; torch to right</p><p><b>Ref:</b> Picard Emission 1</p><p><b>Note:</b> this coin came with a book "Chalcis et la Confédération Eubéenne Etude de Numismatique et D'Histoire (IVe - Ier Siécle)" Olivier Picard 1979</p><p><br /></p><p><b>#2 A Perfect Frugi</b> the scorpion and elegant portrait were the draw on this early example of C Calpurnius Frugi</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1395919[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>C. Calpurnius L.f. Frugi,</b> 61 BC, Denarius, Rome</p><p><b>Obv:</b> Laureate head of Apollo to right; behind, standing eagle behind</p><p><b>Rev:</b> C PISO L F FRVGI Horseman galloping right, winged, not wearing a hat, carrying nothing, with scorpion behind</p><p><b>Ref: </b>Babelon (Calpurnia) 24. Crawford 408/1b. RBW, 319 in Hersh's 1976 catalogue of die combinations which is Obverse die 4 with Reverse die 1000 from Hersh C. (1976). <a href="http://www.jstor.org/stable/42664788" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.jstor.org/stable/42664788" rel="nofollow">A Study of the Coinage of the Moneyer C. Calpurnius Piso L. F. Frugi</a>. The Numismatic Chronicle (1966-),16 (136), 7-63.</p><p>More on this coin in my Notes: <a href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/frvgi-father-son" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/frvgi-father-son" rel="nofollow">FRVGI, Father and Son</a></p><p><br /></p><p><b>#1 Temple of Eryx</b> an unusual coin with an interesting story and amazing perspective landscape in beautiful condition</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/upload_2021-10-15_8-0-29-png.1377466/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>C. Considius Nonianus</b>, 56 BC, AR Denarius (17mm, 4.0g, 12h), Rome mint</p><p><b>Obv:</b> Laureate and draped bust of Venus Erycina right, wearing stephane and earring; C • CONSIDI • NONIANI downward to left, S • C upward to right</p><p><b>Rev: </b>Temple on summit of rocky mountain surrounded by wall with towers on each side and gate in center; ERVC above gate</p><p><b>Ref:</b> Crawford <a href="http://numismatics.org/crro/id/rrc-424.1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/crro/id/rrc-424.1" rel="nofollow">424/1</a>; Sydenham 886; Considia 1</p><p>More on this coin in my Notes: <a href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/the-temple-on-mt-eryx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/the-temple-on-mt-eryx" rel="nofollow">The Temple on Mt. Eryx</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Comments, additional references and corrections are always appreciated. <b>Post anything you find interesting or entertaining - take the poll to vote for your top picks in the list.</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 8056604, member: 99456"][ATTACH=full]1396298[/ATTACH] This week marked the third year from my first post on CT and I keep returning for new information, access to experts, ancient coin humor (sometimes hard to recognize) and interesting coins. It is also nearly end of year again, when CT members will start to post their top 10 lists. This year, I sold more coins than I bought. Although it seemed that I was the under-bidder all of this year, a look back shows a better picture. As I assembled my Top 10, I was surprised to see that the list was complete by the end of July. Five Roman Republican (RR) coins made the Top 10 list, the top coin is an RR denarius, and I added enough RR denarii this year that I could have made an all RR top 10. Several coins didn't make the list and can be found in my Notes pages: - [URL='https://www.sullacoins.com/post/sulla-s-uncle-or-grandfather']Sulla's Uncle or Grandfather[/URL] - [URL='https://www.sullacoins.com/post/the-right-of-appeal']The Right of Appeal[/URL] - [URL='https://www.sullacoins.com/post/grain-and-civil-unrest-in-the-republic']Grain and Civil Unrest in the Republic[/URL] - [URL='https://www.sullacoins.com/post/coins-of-the-second-triumvirate']Coins of the Second Triumvirate[/URL] - [URL='https://www.sullacoins.com/post/cato-the-younger']Cato the Younger[/URL] [B]#10 Galatians in Egypt (and Sicily)[/B] I am going to stretch "Top 10" with this pair, required to tell the story. One a Ptolemy issued in Egypt the other issued by Hieron in Sicily, both referencing Galatian mercenaries. Why would Hieron issue coins under the name of Ptolemy II? [ATTACH=full]1395911[/ATTACH] [B]Top:[/B] Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy II Philadelphos (285-246 BC), AR Tetradrachm, Ptolemais-Ake mint, struck circa 275-262/1 BC [B]Obv:[/B] Diademed head to right, [wearing aegis] [B]Rev:[/B] ΠΤΟΛEΜΑΙOΥ BAΣΙΛEΩΣ, eagle with closed wings standing to left on thunderbolt; ΠT over two monograms to left, Galatian shield to right [B]Ref:[/B] CPE 441; Svoronos 544; SNG Copenhagen 521 (Uncertain Phoenician mint) [B]Bottom: [/B]Sicily, Syracuse, Æ Obol (17.0g, 27.3mm, 12h), time of Hieron II, circa 285-246 BC, imitative issue in the types of Ptolemy II Philadelphos of Egypt [B]Obv:[/B] Laureate head of Zeus to right [B]Rev:[/B] ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle standing to left on thunderbolt, with wings spread; Galatian shield to left [B]Ref:[/B] CPE B289; Svoronos 610; Wolf & Lorber, 'Alexandrian' Style, P57–71; SNG Copenhagen 114. More in this coin in my Notes: [URL='https://www.sullacoins.com/post/galatians-in-egypt']Galatians in Egypt[/URL] [B]#9 Fonteius' Ship [/B]a wonderful ship on the reverse [B][ATTACH=full]1395912[/ATTACH] C. Fonteius[/B], 114-113 BC, AR denarius, 3.82g, Rome mint [B]Obv:[/B] Laureate, janiform head of Fons (or Fontus); two dots below, V to left, * [mark of value] to right [B]Rev:[/B] Galley left with three rowers, gubernator at stern [B]Ref: [/B]Crawford 290/1; Sydenham 555; Fonteia 1 More on this coin in my Notes: [URL='https://www.sullacoins.com/post/ancient-ships']Ancient Ships[/URL] [B]#8 Genius of the Roman People[/B] a coin that came with undeclared provenance from Shaeffer die project and [USER=90666]@Andrew McCabe[/USER] - and gave me an excuse to decode some of the cryptic notes in Crawford RRC. [B][ATTACH=full]1395913[/ATTACH] P. Cornelius Lentulus Marcellinus[/B], 100 BC, AR Denarius (17.5mm, 3.08 g, 11h), Rome mint [B]Obv: [/B]Bareheaded bust of young Hercules right, seen from behind, wearing lion skin and holding club; to left, shield and •/R / [B]Rev:[/B] LENT.MAR.F. Roma standing facing, holding spear, being crowned by Genius of the Roman People, holding wreath and cornucopia; •/R between them; all within laurel wreath [B]Ref: [/B]Crawford 329/1a; Sydenham 604; Cornelia 25; RBW 1186 var. (control letter) [B]Note:[/B] ex CNG, from the [URL='https://issuu.com/cngcoins/docs/cng_114_virtual_catalog/10']"Benito Collection"[/URL], formed by the Spanish ambassador Ramón Sáenz de Heredia y Alonso, who passed away in 2016. For more on this coin in my Notes: [URL='https://www.sullacoins.com/post/unencrypting-crawford-rrc']Unencrypting Crawford[/URL] [B]#7 Pompeians in Africa[/B] I was thrilled to pick up this coin this year, a type that has been long on my list and hard to find for price/quality that I liked. This coins issued by the adopted son of one of Sulla's co-consuls. Issued from a military mint in Africa, it is from the civil wars that concluded with the end of the Republic and the start of the empire. [ATTACH=full]1395914[/ATTACH] [B]The Pompeians[/B], Q. Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio, AR Denarius, military mint traveling with Scipio in Africa, 47-46 BC. Eppius, legate [B]Obv:[/B] Head of Africa right, wearing elephant skin headdress; grain ear before, plough below, Q•METELL downwards to right, SCIPIO•IMP upwards to left [B]Rev:[/B] Hercules standing facing, right hand on hip, leaning on club draped with lion skin and set on rock; LEG•F•C upwards to left, EPPIVS downwards to right [B]Ref:[/B] Crawford [URL='http://numismatics.org/crro/id/rrc-461.1']461/1[/URL] More on this coin in my Notes: [URL='https://www.sullacoins.com/post/julius-caesar-v-pompeians']Julius Caesar v. Pompeians[/URL] [B]#6 Julius Caesar[/B] a coin that I didn't know existed until I saw it, and could not let go of once I did, my first portrait coin of Julius Caesar and a coin to complete a 12 Caesar's set. [ATTACH=full]1395915[/ATTACH] [B]Macedon, Thessalonica[/B] or Unknown Asia Minor mint, Augustus, with Divus Julius Caesar, 27 BC-AD 14, Æ (21mm, 8.66g, 6h) [B]Obv: [/B]ΘEOC, bare head of Divus Julius Caesar right [B]Rev:[/B] CEBACTOY ΘE, bare head of Augustus right [B]Ref:[/B] BMC 61; Varbanov 4154; RPC I [URL='https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/5421']5421[/URL] (uncertain mint) [B]Rarity:[/B] 12 specimen are listed in in RPC online and my example is the second heaviest and nicer condition and style, in my view, than the other examples with photos. Varbanov lists the coin 4154 as R5 = 100-200 examples. More on this coin with 11 companions in my Notes: [URL='https://www.sullacoins.com/post/not-the-usual-12-caesars']Not the Usual "12 Caesars"[/URL] [B]#5 Faustina II [/B]a coin with no explanation other than "I liked it" [ATTACH=full]1395916[/ATTACH] [B]Faustina II[/B], AR denarius (3.59g, 18mm), Augusta, AD 147-175, Rome, under Antoninus Pius, circa AD December 147 and March 149 [B]Obv:[/B] FAVSTINAE AVG PII AVG FIL, draped bust of Faustina II right, hair tied in bun at back of head, single circlet of pearls around [B]Rev: [/B]V-E-NVS, Venus standing facing, head left, holding apple and rudder with dolphin entwined [B]Ref: [/B][URL='http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.3.ant.515A_denarius']RIC 515a[/URL]; Strack 520; [URL='https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.69980/page/n361/mode/2up']BMC 1067[/URL]; RSC 261 More on this coin in my Notes: [URL='https://www.sullacoins.com/post/faustina-the-younger']Faustina the Younger[/URL] [B]#4 Phokis Bull [/B]one of several where I drifted into earlier Greek coins [ATTACH=full]1395917[/ATTACH] [B]Phokis, federal coinage[/B], circa 357-354 BC, AR Triobol/Hemidrachm, Philomelos, strategos [B]Obv:[/B] facing head of bull [B]Rev:[/B] Head of Artemis right; branch to left [B]Ref: [/B]Williams 303 (O220/R189); BCD Lokris 463.1 (these dies); HGC 4, 1046 More on this coin in my Notes: [URL='https://www.sullacoins.com/post/of-greeks-and-cattle']Greeks and Cattle[/URL] [B]#3 Chalkis Nymph[/B] another Greek coin that captured my attention [ATTACH=full]1395918[/ATTACH] [B]Euboia, Chalkis[/B], circa 338-308 BC, AR Drachm, (16.9mm, 3.68g, 12h) [B]Obv:[/B] Head of nymph Chalkis left [B]Rev:[/B] Eagle left, holding serpent in talons; torch to right [B]Ref:[/B] Picard Emission 1 [B]Note:[/B] this coin came with a book "Chalcis et la Confédération Eubéenne Etude de Numismatique et D'Histoire (IVe - Ier Siécle)" Olivier Picard 1979 [B]#2 A Perfect Frugi[/B] the scorpion and elegant portrait were the draw on this early example of C Calpurnius Frugi [ATTACH=full]1395919[/ATTACH] [B]C. Calpurnius L.f. Frugi,[/B] 61 BC, Denarius, Rome [B]Obv:[/B] Laureate head of Apollo to right; behind, standing eagle behind [B]Rev:[/B] C PISO L F FRVGI Horseman galloping right, winged, not wearing a hat, carrying nothing, with scorpion behind [B]Ref: [/B]Babelon (Calpurnia) 24. Crawford 408/1b. RBW, 319 in Hersh's 1976 catalogue of die combinations which is Obverse die 4 with Reverse die 1000 from Hersh C. (1976). [URL='http://www.jstor.org/stable/42664788']A Study of the Coinage of the Moneyer C. Calpurnius Piso L. F. Frugi[/URL]. The Numismatic Chronicle (1966-),16 (136), 7-63. More on this coin in my Notes: [URL='https://www.sullacoins.com/post/frvgi-father-son']FRVGI, Father and Son[/URL] [B]#1 Temple of Eryx[/B] an unusual coin with an interesting story and amazing perspective landscape in beautiful condition [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/upload_2021-10-15_8-0-29-png.1377466/[/IMG] [B]C. Considius Nonianus[/B], 56 BC, AR Denarius (17mm, 4.0g, 12h), Rome mint [B]Obv:[/B] Laureate and draped bust of Venus Erycina right, wearing stephane and earring; C • CONSIDI • NONIANI downward to left, S • C upward to right [B]Rev: [/B]Temple on summit of rocky mountain surrounded by wall with towers on each side and gate in center; ERVC above gate [B]Ref:[/B] Crawford [URL='http://numismatics.org/crro/id/rrc-424.1']424/1[/URL]; Sydenham 886; Considia 1 More on this coin in my Notes: [URL='https://www.sullacoins.com/post/the-temple-on-mt-eryx']The Temple on Mt. Eryx[/URL] Comments, additional references and corrections are always appreciated. [B]Post anything you find interesting or entertaining - take the poll to vote for your top picks in the list.[/B][/QUOTE]
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