Ian Posted November 4, 2006 Report Share Posted November 4, 2006 A new addition for me. A dark toned silver denarius (S.691) of the Roman Republic which is noted in Sear's `Roman Coins and their values' as having been struck in 90 BC. The obverse depicts the bearded and winged diademed bust of the Roman god of fertitilty, Mutinus Titinus (aka Priapus). As an aside, history notes this god as being much worshipped by the young married women of Rome. The reverse of the coin depicts the winged Pegasus with Q TITI below. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drusus Posted November 5, 2006 Report Share Posted November 5, 2006 oh, thats a nice late republic denarius...truely a good example. Congrats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottishmoney Posted November 5, 2006 Report Share Posted November 5, 2006 cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlueke Posted November 5, 2006 Report Share Posted November 5, 2006 Roman names can be funny, but this god really makes me laugh It is a nice coin, congtas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted November 5, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2006 Roman names can be funny, but this god really makes me laugh It is a nice coin, congtas Thanks. The schoolboy in me just couldn't resist buying that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted November 5, 2006 Report Share Posted November 5, 2006 That's a great coin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccg Posted November 6, 2006 Report Share Posted November 6, 2006 Nea!t Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drusus Posted November 6, 2006 Report Share Posted November 6, 2006 I have a Priapus sculpture...I dont think it is postable because its pretty dirty and I dont mean dirt dirty... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlueke Posted December 31, 2011 Report Share Posted December 31, 2011 Here's a Republican denarius I purchased recently. Mn.Aquilius 109/108 BC. Sol on the obverse, Roma as Luna in a biga on the reverse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art1.2 Posted December 31, 2011 Report Share Posted December 31, 2011 Here's a Republican denarius I purchased recently. Mn.Aquilius 109/108 BC. Sol on the obverse, Roma as Luna in a biga on the reverse. Very nice coin. I've thought about doing some ancients a few times but to really get into them takes a great deal more work than I'm willing/able to put into it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccg Posted December 31, 2011 Report Share Posted December 31, 2011 That's got to be the earliest radiate I've seen Seriously, though, a very nice Sol piece. Combined with Luna, just great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted December 31, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2011 nice quality republican roman coin. I bid on about fifteen republican denarii and quinarii this week and only managed to get one of them. Demand was high, as were the final prices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlueke Posted December 31, 2011 Report Share Posted December 31, 2011 That's got to be the earliest radiate I've seen Seriously, though, a very nice Sol piece. Combined with Luna, just great It's got to be one of the earlier Roman radiates; the Greeks had some earlier depictions of Helios. I like the Sol/Luna combo as well This was part of a talk I did at our coin club with a topic of Sol Invictus. Those were 3rd century coins but this was a good excuse to get a Republican coin! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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