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[Poemenius]

6 ore fa, King John dice:

Byzantine PB Seal. Soldier standing facing, holding spear and shield; legend around / Legend in five lines. 17.63g, 29mm, 12h.
Very Fine.

@Poemenius ci vuoi dare qualche informazione aggiuntiva?

ILLUSTRAZIONI: GUERRIERI BIZANTINI

 

caro amico

grazie per la citazione

ultimamente romanumismatics mi stupisce un po' per "leggerezza"

a prescindere dai miei personali dubbi sul sigillo in sé, questi sigilli bizantini riportano sempre al dritto un santo (almeno per questa specifica iconografica "guerriera") che forse nella fattispecie potrebbe essere san Giorgio...ma sono tutt'altro che esperto... so comunque che  ce ne sono vari....

quindi al di la della veste, definirlo "soldier" è un po' poco preciso

indubbiamente molto  bello lo scudo

per la datazione direi che siamo intorno al XI secolo circa

[King John]

The Roman Empire 
Trajan, 98 – 117 
Aureus late Summer-Autumn 114, AV 7.02 g. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust r. Rev. Trajan seated r. on platform accompanied by two officers, addressing six soldiers holding standards and shields and standing before lictor. C 175 (only four soldiers). RIC 309 var. (only four soldiers).
Extremely rare and a very interesting type. Light reddish tone,
an almost invisible mark in reverse field, otherwise very fine

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[apollonia]

 

Marsic Confederation

The Social War. Coinage of the Marsic Confederation. 90-88 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.55 g, 8h). Mint in Campania; C. Paapius C.f. Mutilus, moneyer. Series 4. Draped bust of Mars right, wearing slight beard and crested Corinthian helmet with plume at side; viteliú (in Oscan) to left; behind neck, x (mark of value) with pellet above and below / Oath-taking scene: youth kneeling left, head right, holding pig, at which four standing soldiers (two on each side) point their swords; c. paapii. c. (in Oscan) in exergue. Campana, Monetazione, Series 4, 83 (D53/R72); Sydenham 637; HN Italy 425; BMCRR Social War 35–6; Kestner –; RBW 1225 (same dies). Good VF, toned, test cut on edge, old scratches under tone.

The revolt of Rome's Italian allies (socii, hence ‘Social War’) broke out toward the close of the year 91 BC and was the culmination of longstanding grievances occasioned by the Senate's inept handling of foreign relations. The Marsi were especially prominent in this movement, hence the name ‘Marsic Confederation,’ which is often applied to the rebel state. The main fighting was in the years 90-89 BC and the rebellion assumed alarming proportions when both consuls for 90 BC were defeated by rebel armies. Rome appeared to be in serious danger of defeat, but the movement collapsed as suddenly as it had begun. The victory was probably achieved largely through the political concession of granting Roman citizenship to the enemy. Thereafter, all of Italy south of the Po was united by this common bond. The coinage of the Marsic Confederation is of great interest, consisting principally of silver denarii, some of which bear the names of the rebel generals. This exceptional specimen records a certain Gaius Paapius [Mutilus], consul of the rebel state and commander of the Samnite forces. Mutilus was defeated by Sulla in the later stages of the war and his subsequent history is uncertain, though it is possible that he survived to extreme old age when a wealthy man described as “a leader of the Samnites during the Social War” was proscribed by the Triumviral government in 43 BC (cf. Appian, Civil Wars, iv. 25). The reverse depicts an oath-taking scene symbolizing the unity of the confederation of Italian states. Interestingly, the entire coin type is closely modeled on an issue of the moneyer Tiberius Veturius whose coinage is dated by Crawford (234/1) to circa 137 BC. Veturius' reverse shows two soldiers taking the oath and is generally interpreted as referring to an agreement made with the Samnites in 321 BC (treaty of Caudium). This would have made it especially appropriate for an issue of the Samnite leader in the Social War.

[King John]

Il 28/7/2016 at 22:06, King John dice:

ANCIENT COINS
ROMAN COINS
ROMAN REPUBLIC
No.: 246
Estimation: $ 200.-
d=19 mm
T. Veturius. Denarius, 137. AR 3.89 g. TI. VE Bust of Mars r., draped; he wears a Corinthian helmet with plume on each side; behind, mark of value X. Rev. ROMA Oath-taking scene: two warriors face each other, one bearded and without armour, one beardless and in armour; each holds spear in l. hand and with sword in r. hand touches pig held by figure kneeling between them. Cr. 234/1. Syd. 527. Seaby Veturia 1. Extremely fine.
Alföldi (l. c. above, no 226) 19, interprets the oath as the sealing of the treaty between Titus Tatius, the Sabine king, and Romulus. Crawford page 266 regards it as ... "referring to an early version of the story of the Caudine Forks."...

L'umiliazione dei Romani alle Forche Caudine.

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[apollonia]

Il denario con questo rovescio c’è già, ma con Roma al diritto. Qui invece c’è Apollo.

C. Servilius Vatia. Restored issue, 82-80 BC. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.86 g, 12h). Rome mint. Laureate head of Apollo right, hair rolled back and falling in two locks down neck; B above lituus to left; mark of value below chin; ROMA below / Battle on horseback between a man wielding shield in right hand and sword in raised left hand and man (M. Servilius Pulex Geminus) galloping left, and piercing with spear the other horseman, and holding shield inscribed M (Marcus); C • SERVEIL in exergue. Crawford 370/1b; Sydenham 720; Servilia 7; Kestner 3180-3181; BMCRR Rome 1169-1170; RBW 1390. Good VF, lightly toned, a few minor marks on obverse.

From the Kallman Collection. Ex Triton XI (8 January 2008), lot 603.

The reverse type celebrates M. Servilius Pulex Geminus, who was elected augur in 211 BC and held that office for about forty years, and was consul in 202 BC. According to Plutarch, he received numerous wounds in twenty-three single combats, being victorious in all (Plutarch, Paulus Aemilius, xxxi).

[King John]

The Roman Empire
Vespasian, 69-79
No.: 352
Estimate: CHF 4500
d=38 mm
Sestertius circa 71, æ 26.24 g. IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG P M TR P P COS III Laureate head r. Rev. IMPERATOR CAESAR S – C Titus, nimbate and in military attire, standing facing, head l., holding branch and reverse spear. C –. BMC –. CBN –. RIC –.
Apparently unique and unpublished. Areas of heavy tooling on obverse and some of the
ethnics re-engraved, reverse field plastered at eleven o’clock and flan crack,
otherwise very fine
During the reign of Claudius (A.D. 41-54), the future emperor Vespasian rose to the most exalted ranks in the army and the senate, as he commanded the Legio II Augusta during Claudius’s invasion of Britain, and upon returning to Rome he held the consulship in 51. His eldest son Titus reaped many rewards from his father’s meteoric rise, and he had become accustomed to the life of nobility just about the time his family fortunes sank to an unprecedented low during the reign of Nero. The family’s obscurity seemed certain to persist until Vespasian was given command of a war that had sparked in Judaea late in Nero’s reign. Titus, now in his 27th year, joined his father on the campaign. They fought side-by-side until mid-69, when Vespasian’s attention was captured by his desire to become emperor in opposition to Vitellius. Titus inherited sole command of the Jewish war, which by then had narrowed to the daunting task of capturing Jerusalem. At this time Titus and his younger brother Domitian (in Rome) were hailed Caesars by their father. The reverse of this formerly unrecorded Vespasian sestertius shows Titus in his hard-earned guise of conqueror of the Jews, for he had ended the war by razing Jerusalem to the ground late in 70. One month after the great triumph was held in Rome in 71, Vespasian hailed Titus Imperator and awarded him the tribunician power. Since this sestertius is an Imperial issue struck in 71, it seems an obvious reflection of these events in the aftermath of the Jewish War. As a further note, there is good reason to believe Titus was hailed Imperator by his soldiers at the time Jerusalem was sacked. He seems to have been so concerned about the suspicion this might arouse in Rome that early in 71 he sailed for Italy as a demonstration of loyalty to his father. All considered, we should classify this as a new type for the Judaea Capta series.

Immagine: cammeo raffigurante l'imperatore Tito

 

 

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[King John]

Bruttium, The Brettii, Unit, c. 211-208 BC; AE (g 7,21; mm 20; h 12); Laureated and bearded head of Zeus r.; at l. thunderbolt, dotted border, Rv. BΡETTIΩN, warrior attacking r., holding shield and spear; below bucranium. Dotter border. Scheu 42; HNItaly 1988; SNG Copenhagen 1658; SNG ANS 108.
Vigorous style. Green patina. Good extremely fine

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LOCRIS, Lokri Opontii. Circa 380-338 B.C. AR Hemidrachm. Ajax advancing with sword and shield. 

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Heritage Auctions, Inc., Auction 3038, Lot 33106, 13/01/2015

ESBOS. Mytilene. Ca. 377-326 BC. EL hecte (2.59 gm). Head of young Cabeiros right, wearing wreathed pileus helmet; at sides, two stars / Head of Persephone right, wearing earring; all within square frame. Bodenstedt 99. SNG Copenhagen 321. Minor earthen deposits, otherwise Nearly Extremely Fine.

[King John]

L. Manlius Torquatus AR Denarius.
L. Manlius Torquatus AR Denarius. Rome, 113-112 BC. Helmeted head of Roma right, ROMA behind, X below chin, torque as border / Horseman
charging left, L TOQVA below, Q above, EX S C in ex. Crawford 295/1; Sydenham 545. 3.92g, 19mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine; attractive toning around the devices.
Rare.
This moneyer honours the actions of his ancestor T. Manlius Imperiosus Torquatus who, in single combat, killed a Gaulish warrior and upon so
doing took the torque his victim was wearing and wore it around his own neck as a spoil of war. It was due to this event that he received the name Torquatus.

 

Con questa moneta viene commemorato  Mànlio Imperióso Torquato (sec. 4º a. C.), figlio di Lucio Manlio Capitolino, che avrebbe assunto il cognome di Torquato per aver spogliato della collana (tourques) un Gallo da lui vinto in singolar tenzone. Dittatore (353 e 349), console nel 347, 344 e 340, quando ebbe un ruolo importante nella guerra latina: vinse, forse presso il Monte Vescino, quella grande battaglia che la tradizione localizza alla falde del Vesuvio e abbellisce con il racconto del sacrificio di Publio Decio Mure e con quello della condanna a morte inflitta da Manlio al figlio, reo di essere uscito, contro gli ordini, dalle file per combattere in duello il tuscolano Gemino Mecio. 

[King John]

CELTIC GAUL, Rhone Valley tribes. I Century BC. AR Quinarius (2.17 gm). Helmeted head of Roma / Warrior on horseback. delaTour.5820. Toned VF+. [Est. $500]

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ISLAMIC, Seljuks. Rum. Ghiyath al-Din Kay Khusraw I bin Qilich Arslan. Second reign, AH 601-608 / AD 1204-1211. Æ Fals (19mm, 2.56 g, 3h). Horseman advancing right, holding sword; two stars flanking head / Legend. Broome 95; Album 1207. Near VF, brown patina, roughness. From the J.P. Righetti Collection.

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VELITI (velĭtes). - Al termine rorarii, con cui ancora all'età di Plauto s'indicavano i soldati romani armati alla leggiera, si sostituì nel sec. II a. C., quello di velites (sing. veles-itis, da velox: per analogia con pedes ed eques). Una legione normale di 4200 fanti contava 1200 veliti, scelti fra le reclute più giovani delle classi inferiori per censo; essi erano assegnati in numero di 40 a ciascuno dei 30 manipoli della legione. Armati di giavellotti (Polibio li dice perciò γροσϕμάκοι) e, almeno da un certo tempo, anche di spada, essi si schieravano dinnanzi alle tre linee della legione e aprivano il combattimento. Nell'accampamento essi stavano lungo il vallo e prestavano servizio di guardia alle porte. Con l'aggregazione di auxilia stranieri di armati alla leggiera agli eserciti romani, i veliti cittadini scomparvero nella prima metà del sec. I a. C. La notizia di Livio (XXVI, 4, 10) che i veliti sarebbero stati istituiti nel 211 per combattere con i cavalieri romani contro la cavalleria campana, è dubbia (Treccani.it)

Il loro armamento consisteva in una leggera armatura in cuoio (molte volte assente), in un piccolo scudo di legno di forma rotonda (di tre piedi di diametro), una spada ed alcuni giavellotti (di dimensioni ridotte, pari a due cubiti di lunghezza dell'asta di legno ed una spanna, la punta molto sottile ed appuntita), che venivano scagliati ed assomigliavano grossolanamente agli odierni giavellotti delle discipline olimpiche. L'equipaggiamento era poi completato da un elmo semplice, che talvolta era ricoperto da una pelle di lupo, sia con lo scopo di aumentarne la protezione, sia per riconoscerli sul campo di battaglia (Wikipedia)

 

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[King John]

Su questa moneta un'Amazzone indossa sul capo una pelle di lupo, proprio come facevano i veliti.

PONTOS. Amisos. Ae (Circa 85-65 BC). Obv: Bust of Amazon right, wearing wolf's skin. Rev: AMIΣOY. Nike advancing right with palm and wreath.
SNG BM Black Sea 1218-9. Condition: Very fine. Weight: 6.09 g. Diameter: 22 mm.

[King John]

T. Quinctius Flaminius, AR denier, 126 av. J.-C. Rome. Droit : Tête casquée de Roma à droite. Sous le menton, [..]. Derrière la tête, apex. Revers : Les Dioscures au galop à droite. Dessous, bouclier macédonien entre T et Q. A l'exergue, ROMA. Ref.: Cr., 267/1; Syd., 505. 3,89g.
Le bouclier macédonien au revers fait allusion à la victoire de Cynocéphales remportée par Quinctius Flaminius sur Philippe V de Macédoine (197 av. J.-C.).
Très Beau VF Estimate: EUR 75

ILLUSTRAZIONE: LA BATTAGLIA DI CINOCEFALE

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Ancora i Velites

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Asia Minor. Achemenid Empire. Darius I. 520-505 BC. Siglos, 5.14g. (h). Obv: Half length bust of bearded Persian king, holding bow and handful of arrows. Rx: Irregular incuse. Carradice Type I, pl. XI, 10. Extremely rare early type with half-length portrait and handful of arrows. The next issue eliminates the arrows. VF.

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Gaius (Caligula). AD 37-41. Æ Sestertius (34mm, 28.50 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 37-38. Laureate head left / ADLOCVT COH, Gaius, bareheaded and togate, standing left on daïs, extending right hand in gesture of address; behind him a sella castrensis (chair); in front of him stand five soldiers right, all helmeted, holding shields, and parazonia; four aquilae behind them. RIC I 32. Good Fine, brown patina, scratches on reverse.
The lack of S C suggests that this interesting issue was undertaken and paid for by the emperor. Cassius Dio (59.2) writes “... in company with the senate, he inspected the Pretorians at drill and distributed to them the money that had been bequeathed them, amounting to a thousand sesterces apiece.”

ILLUSTRAZIONE: un pretoriano; SULLA MONETA: Caligola parla ai pretoriani.

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CELTIC, Britain. Catuvellauni & Trinovantes. Cunobelin. Circa 10-41 AD. AR Unit (1.16 gm). Hunters Type. Herakles standing right, club in right hand, lion-skin on shoulders?, CVNOBELINVS around / Diana standing left, dog at side, bow in left hand, [TASCIIO]VANTI around. Hobbs 1886-88; Van Arsdell 2063; SCBC 317. VF. Very rare. ($500)
Estimate $500
AR Unit (1.16 gm). Hunters Type

CELTIC, Britain. Catuvellauni & Trinovantes. Cunobelin. Circa 10-41 AD. Evans writes: “The obverse appears to be Hercules carrying on his shoulders the fruits of one of his labours. At one time I thought it was the Nemaean lion or Erymanthean boar, but from my coin the animal appears to be a stag with its back downwards, and the hindleg falling back above the arm of Hercules. It is therefore probably the stag of Ceryneia with the golden horns and brazen feet. The figure on the reverse is probably that of Diana Venatrix with a dog at her feet, though it must be confessed that the chaste goddess is rather scantily clothed.” Perhaps the male hunter is a Celtic equivalent of Herakles, such as Cunomaglos, ‘Hound-Prince,’ whose affinity with Cunobelin, ‘Hound of Belenus,’ would seem appropriate. The female may be a late Iron Age prototype of Flidais, the Irish woodland goddess.
Found Maldon, Essex, circa January 2000.
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[King John]

Vespasian. Gold Aureus (7.32 g), AD 69-79. 'Judaea Capta' type. Lugdunum, AD 71. IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG TR P, laureate head of Vespasian right. Reverse: TRIVMP AVG in exergue, emperor on triumphal quadriga right, holding palm and eagle-tipped scepter, being crowned by Victory standing behind him and accompanied by trumpeter; before horses, soldier escorting captive with arms bound behind his back. RIC 1127; BMC 397; BN 17; Calicó 689; Hendin 1475. One of the rarest types of Judaea Capta coinage, this handsome example was struck immediately after the Jewish War concluded. Boldly struck in high relief with excellent detail. Delicately toned. Choice Very Fine. 
 Simon bar Giora Aureus 

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PHOENICIA, Arados. Circa 348/7-339/8 BC. AR Stater (8.20 g, 3h). Laurate head of male deity (Baal-Arvad, or Melkart) right / Phoenician pentekonter right on waves; figure at prow; “MAA” in Phoenician above. Betlyon 29; SNG Copenhagen 23 var. (Phoenician letters). VF, toned.
From the Alexandre de Barros Ship Collection. Ex Vecchi 10 (24-25 March 1998), lot 433.
ANCIENT MARITIME VESSELS ON COINS

[King John]

Il 24/11/2016 at 14:24, King John dice:

Nel Foro di Augusto era rappresentato Romolo portante il trofeo dopo la vittoria su Acrone: la statua ha ispirato, come ha dimostrato M. Camaggio, una pittura di via dell'Abbondanza a Pompei e alcune monete di Adriano e di Antonino Pio: Romolo è in movimento verso destra, è armato di corazza, tiene la lancia nella destra, nella sinistra un trofeo di armi appoggiato alla spalla. Ecco una delle monete che raffigurano Romolo. 

Hadrian. 117-138 AD. Denarius, 3.46g. (h). Rome, c. 132 AD. Obv: HADRIANVS - AVG COS III P P Head laureate right. Rx: ROMVLO - CONDITORI Romulus advancing right holding spear and trophy over shoulder. BM 710. Cohen 1316 (5 Fr.). RIC 266. Not common: 23 specimens in Reka Devnia hoard. Mint State.
Ex Phillip Davis Collection .

@adelchi

Ecco l'episodio delle spolia opima menzionato nell'altra discussione

[adelchi]

Si potrebbe quasi confondere con la postura del Mars ultor presente su molte monete romane.probabilmente una è sovrapponibile all'altra derivando da un unico prototipo.

[King John]

16 minuti fa, adelchi dice:

Si potrebbe quasi confondere con la postura del Mars ultor presente su molte monete romane.probabilmente una è sovrapponibile all'altra derivando da un unico prototipo.

infatti...

  TRAJAN(27/10/97-8/08/117)Marcus Ulpius TraianusAuguste(25/01/98-8/08/117) Denier N° v27_0530   
Date : 104 Nom de l'atelier : Rome Métal : argent Diamètre : 19mm Axe des coins : 7h.
Poids : 3,21g.
Degré de rareté : R3
Etat de conservation : SUP/TTB+ Prix de départ : 175 €  Estimation : 250 €   
Prix réalisé : 336 €  Nombres d'offres : 6   Offre maximum : 470 €   
Commentaires sur l'état de conservation : Monnaie bien centrée sur un flan large, légèrement échancrée à 4 heures au droit. Superbe portrait. Usure régulière du revers. Exemplaire recouvert d’une fine patine grise avec des reflets dorés. N° dans les ouvrages de référence : C.372 var. (2 fr.) - RIC.156 var. - BMC/RE.157 var - RSC.372 d var. - RCV.-
Titulature avers : IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P.
Description avers : Buste lauré de Trajan à droite, drapé sur l’épaule gauche (O*2).
Traduction avers : “Imperatori Traiano Augusto Germanico Dacico Pontifex Maximus Tribunicia Potestate Consul quintum Pater Patriو”, (A l’empereur Trajan auguste germanique dacique grand pontife revêtu de la puissance tribunitienne consul pour la cinquième fois père de la patrie).
Titulature revers : S. P. Q. R. OPTIMO P-RINCIPI.
Description revers : Mars nu et casqué, le manteau flottant sur l'épaule, marchant à droite, le trophée sur l'épaule gauche et tenant une haste de la main droite.