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<p>[QUOTE="Silphium Addict, post: 8545176, member: 116882"][USER=74282]@red_spork[/USER] Congratulations. A great addition to your collection.</p><p>I really like the early RR coinage before the denarius. Here is mine, purchased from [USER=79368]@Barry Murphy[/USER] several years ago:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1509525[/ATTACH] </p><p>AR didrachm, <i>circa</i> 280-275 BC, 7.46 gm, RRC 13/1</p><p>O: head Mars left wearing crested Corinthian helmet</p><p>R: horse head right wearing bridle on plinth; grain ear to left; [R]OMAN[O] on plinth</p><p><br /></p><p>I am also interested in the origins of the type. There are a variety of opinions, starting with Pliny the Elder <i>circa</i> 78 AD: “<i>populus Romanus ne argento quidem signato ante Phyrrhum…</i>” (“The Roman nation did not even use a stamped silver coinage before the conquest of king Pyrrhus ,” i.e. 275 BC) which may have referred to this type. I like Seth Bernard's case for <i>circa</i> 280-275 BC (and the map showing almost all finds are in southern Italy) in <i>Building Mid-Republican Rome: Labor, Architecture, and the Urban Economy</i> 2018. The best evidence of dating is the specimen excavated at Pasteum under the Latin colony wall built 273 BC. After <i>foedus neapolitanum</i> 376 BC, Neapolis produced large amounts of didrachms that circulated in the areas of southern Italy controlled by Rome and probably was the mint for these coins. Here is a contemporary didrachm like those found in hoards with RRC 13/1:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1509530[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Neapolis AR didrachm, 300-275 BC, HN Italy 579; SNG Lockett 85 (this coin)</p><p>O: female head right wearing diadem, triple-pedant earring and bead necklace; astragalus lower left</p><p>R: man-faced bull standing right; Nike flying right above placing wreath on head; ΝΕΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ in exergue </p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=128351]@GinoLR[/USER] - I thought the same, especially since RRC 17/1a in particular looks so similar to the didrachms:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1509538[/ATTACH] </p><p>Rome AE quartuncia, 6.23 gm, RRC 17/1a</p><p>O: head Roma left wearing Corinthian helmet</p><p>R: horse head on plinth right; ROMANO left </p><p><br /></p><p>Ted Buttrey was pretty convincing in "Cosa: the Coins" <i>Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome</i> v 34 1980 that RRC 17/1 coins were contemporary with the similar AEs of Cosa (founded 273 BC) because of the same style, found in the surrounding area and probably struck in Cosa.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Silphium Addict, post: 8545176, member: 116882"][USER=74282]@red_spork[/USER] Congratulations. A great addition to your collection. I really like the early RR coinage before the denarius. Here is mine, purchased from [USER=79368]@Barry Murphy[/USER] several years ago: [ATTACH=full]1509525[/ATTACH] AR didrachm, [I]circa[/I] 280-275 BC, 7.46 gm, RRC 13/1 O: head Mars left wearing crested Corinthian helmet R: horse head right wearing bridle on plinth; grain ear to left; [R]OMAN[O] on plinth I am also interested in the origins of the type. There are a variety of opinions, starting with Pliny the Elder [I]circa[/I] 78 AD: “[I]populus Romanus ne argento quidem signato ante Phyrrhum…[/I]” (“The Roman nation did not even use a stamped silver coinage before the conquest of king Pyrrhus ,” i.e. 275 BC) which may have referred to this type. I like Seth Bernard's case for [I]circa[/I] 280-275 BC (and the map showing almost all finds are in southern Italy) in [I]Building Mid-Republican Rome: Labor, Architecture, and the Urban Economy[/I] 2018. The best evidence of dating is the specimen excavated at Pasteum under the Latin colony wall built 273 BC. After [I]foedus neapolitanum[/I] 376 BC, Neapolis produced large amounts of didrachms that circulated in the areas of southern Italy controlled by Rome and probably was the mint for these coins. Here is a contemporary didrachm like those found in hoards with RRC 13/1: [ATTACH=full]1509530[/ATTACH] Neapolis AR didrachm, 300-275 BC, HN Italy 579; SNG Lockett 85 (this coin) O: female head right wearing diadem, triple-pedant earring and bead necklace; astragalus lower left R: man-faced bull standing right; Nike flying right above placing wreath on head; ΝΕΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ in exergue [USER=128351]@GinoLR[/USER] - I thought the same, especially since RRC 17/1a in particular looks so similar to the didrachms: [ATTACH=full]1509538[/ATTACH] Rome AE quartuncia, 6.23 gm, RRC 17/1a O: head Roma left wearing Corinthian helmet R: horse head on plinth right; ROMANO left Ted Buttrey was pretty convincing in "Cosa: the Coins" [I]Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome[/I] v 34 1980 that RRC 17/1 coins were contemporary with the similar AEs of Cosa (founded 273 BC) because of the same style, found in the surrounding area and probably struck in Cosa.[/QUOTE]
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