NumisMattic2200 Posted July 29, 2009 Report Share Posted July 29, 2009 My latest acquisitions - information/appraisal welcome. Enjoy! These are a bit random and assorted, but I have posted mostly the best ones I can see.. 1. 2 Maravedis of Spain, (Catholic Monarchs) Lion & Castle, Obverse: Castle, pomegranate below castle (mintmark of Granada mint). Reverse: Rampant Lion. Obverse: castle 2. Silver Denarius, "The Rape of the Sabine Women" (89 BC) a contemporary forgery with 'tinned' surface, Fine. Cr344/1a; Syd 698. 3. Republican Silver Denarius (L. Sentius C.f. 101 BC) 3.82 grammes, a good cast copy. 4. Roman Republican Denarius, 108-107 BC (Sear 184) Conjoined Heads of Dioscuri (Sons of Jupiter) right, XIV monogram below chin (?!). Rev: Galley to the right, control letter 'C' below MN FONTEI above. 5. "DN CONSTANTINI MAX AUG" Vot Piece Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NumisMattic2200 Posted July 29, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2009 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted July 29, 2009 Report Share Posted July 29, 2009 Nice group of coins. I find #7 to be the one that's most interesting to me. Enjoy them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NumisMattic2200 Posted July 29, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2009 I am. Thanks. Can you tell me something about that Solidus? I don't have much info on it myself.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted July 29, 2009 Report Share Posted July 29, 2009 I like #1 the most. What is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NumisMattic2200 Posted July 30, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2009 Gotta love the lion - it's a 2 Maravedis of Spain from the Catholic Monarchs period (Queen Isabella of Castile and King Ferdinand II of Aragon, who married in 1469) which was a period of the Reconquista of Spain from Arab rule. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KardGeo Posted July 30, 2009 Report Share Posted July 30, 2009 Aye interesting coins. Specially the reconquest which overlaps with the Islamic medeival period that I also collect. Were they auction lots? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NumisMattic2200 Posted July 31, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2009 Sshhh I keep that secret Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ætheling Posted July 31, 2009 Report Share Posted July 31, 2009 Some very nice denarii! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NumisMattic2200 Posted July 31, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2009 Some very nice denarii! Explain them for me? Esp the reverse inscriptions?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YeOldeCollector Posted July 31, 2009 Report Share Posted July 31, 2009 Nice group of coins. I find #7 to be the one that's most interesting to me. Enjoy them. I am. Thanks. Can you tell me something about that Solidus? I don't have much info on it myself.. I think I might be able to offer some assistance on this one as it's more up my street than the others are. It is a Venetian Soldino as you know, I believe it to be of the Doge 'Leonardo Lauredon' who ruled from 1501 until 1521. The obverse, Lauredon himself kneeling before Saint Mark of Venice, reads "LEO LAV DVX S.M.V." which means "LEOnardo LAVredon DVX/(Latin for leader, so, in this case, Doge) S.M.V./(Saint Mark of Venice). The reverse features a haloed figure of Christ with a cross. The legend here reads LAVSTI BISOLI, to be read as LAVS TIBI SOLI where LAVS comes from the Latin verb Laudo which is the verb to praise. TIBI means "You/Yourself" but in this case "Thou" and SOLI from the verb "Solus" which is "to be alone". Hence this side translates as "Thou Alone be Praised". How I love Latin. I hope this helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ætheling Posted July 31, 2009 Report Share Posted July 31, 2009 Explain them for me? Esp the reverse inscriptions?? I wish that I could! Sorry you've got the wrong man for the job here, British silver/gold coinage from 1662-1815 is my area, not ancients, unfortunately. Admittedly though I do have a few denarii out of historical interest, as my avatar illustrates but that's the historian in me! Unfortunately I can hand on heart say I know absolutely nothing about the Republican period of Roman history, the only part of Roman history I have any idea about is the 1st century and early second CE. Sorry! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NumisMattic2200 Posted August 2, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2009 Thanks again YeOlde -where did you learn the Latin? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YeOldeCollector Posted August 2, 2009 Report Share Posted August 2, 2009 Thanks again YeOlde -where did you learn the Latin? Seven years of my precious childhood... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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