68. Small treasure consisting of 19 Roman Denarii, Republican period, 2nd-1st century BC, silver

The lot contains the following coins: (1) Republican Denarius, Q. Caecilius Metellus Pius (Obverse: Head of Pietas, diademated, right, to the right, stork; Legend: IMPER, in exergue. Reverse: Augural wand and laurel wreath; Legend: IMPER. Condition: very good), (2) Republican Denarius, L. Cassius Caecianus (Obverse: Draped bust of Ceres, with wheat wreath, to the left, control letter "F" above; Legend: CAEICIAN. Reverse: Two bulls stabbed plowing to the left, control letter "O" above; Legend: L. CASSI. Condition: good), (3) Republican Denarius, Mn. Fonteius (Obverse: Accommodation and laureate heads of the Dioscuri to the right, behind, "PP", in front, under the chin, brand of value. Reverse: Galley to the right, underneath, brand value; Legend: MN. FONTEI. Condition: good), (4) Republican Denarius, Marcus Antonius (Obverse: Galley to the right, having at the bow a scepter; Legend: ANT AVG / III VIR RPC. Reverse: Eagle between two standards; Legend: completely erased. Condition: deteriorated), (5) Republican Denarius, C. Gargonius, M. Vergilius, Ogulnius (Obverse: Head of Apollo, laureate, to the right, underneath, thunderbolt. Reverse: Jupiter in quadriga, to the right. Condition: relatively good), (6) Republican Denarius, M Baebius Q. f. Tampilius (Obverse: Head of Rome to the left, with helmet, in front, mark X; Legend: TAMPIL. Reverse: Apollo in quadriga to the right, holding laurel branch, bow and arrow; Legend: ROMA. Condition: mediocre), (7) Republican Denarius, C. Naevius Balbus (Obverse: Diademated bust of Venus to the right; Legend: C. NAE BALB, in exergue. Reverse: Victory in triga to the right; Legend: C. NAE BALB. Condition: relatively good), (8) Republican Denarius, L. Saufeius (Obverse: Head of Rome, with helmet, to the right, in back, control mark, "X". Reverse: Victoria in biga, to the right; Legend: L SAVF / ROMA, in exergue. Condition: good), (9) Republican Denarius, C. Norbanus (Obverse: Head of Venus, to the right; Legend: Illegible letters in place of "C. NORBANVS", down and CXXXIIII. Reverse: Ear of wheat, fasces, caduceus. Condition: good), (10) Republican Denarius, Cn. Cornelius Lentulus (Obverse: Mars with Corinthian helmet and spear, to the right. Reverse: Victory in biga, to the right, holding wreath; Legend: CN. LENTVL. Condition: good), (11) Republican Denarius, L. Cassius Caecianus (Obverse: Draped bust of Ceres, with wheat wreath, to the left, control letter, "F", to the left; Legend: CAEICIAN. Reverse: Two bulls yoked plowing to the left, control letter, "O", above; Legend: L. CASSI. Condition: good), (12) Republican Denarius, C. Gargonius, M. Vergilius, Ogulnius (Obverse: Head of Apollo, laureate, to the right, underneath, thunderbolt. Reverse: Jupiter in quadriga, to the right. Condition: relatively good), (13) Republican Denarius, A. Postumius A. F.p.n. Albinus (Obverse: The Head of Hispania, veiled, to the right; Legend: HISPAN. Reverse: Toga-wearing person standing to the left, with hand raised, legionary eagle between "A" and "ALBIN"; Legend: A. ALBIN NS. Condition: relatively good), (14) Republican Denarius, C. Scribonius (Obverse: Head of Rome with helmet, to the right, behind, mark "X". Reverse: Dioscuri riding to the right; Legend: CSCR / ROMA, in exergue. Condition: relatively good), (15) Republican Denarius, C. Porcius Cato (Obverse: Head of Rome, with helmet, to the right, to the left "X". Reverse: Victoria in biga, to the right; Legend: C. CATO / ROMA, in exergue. Condition: good), (16) Republican Denarius, M. Aquilius (Obverse: Head of Sol, radiated, to the right, in front, brand of value, "X". Reverse: Luna in biga to the right, above, semilunar in three stars, below, a star; Legend: MN. AQUIL / ROMA, in exergue. Condition: mediocre), (17) L. Rutilius Flacus (Obverse: Head of Rome, with helmet, to the right; Legend: FLAC. Reverse: Victory in biga, to the right; Legend: L. RVTILI, in exergue. Condition: relatively good), (18) Republican Denarius, C. Naevius Balbus (Obverse: Diademated bust of Venus to the right; Legend: C. NAE BALB, in exergue. Reverse: Victory in triga to the right; Legend: C. NAE BALB. Condition: good), (19) Republican Denarius, M. Lucilius Rufus (Obverse: Head of Rome, with helmet, to the right, in the back "PV", laurel wreath around; Legend: PV. Reverse: Victory in biga, to the right; Legend: RVF, above, M. LVCILI, in exergue. Condition: very good). Shooting area: Roman Empire, predominantly Rome. Circulation area: Roman Empire, from Spain to India and from Germany to Egypt. Possible place of discovery: Western Europe, Central and Eastern Europe, West Asia, North Africa. Condition: good. The lot contains coins that circulated individually or in the form of treasury on the territories of pre-Roman Dacia. Such denari were present in large numbers throughout Dacia until the time of Trajan. This lot also contains three rarer examples of Serratus denarii, highly sought after in the period, by the barbarian populations. The Serratus was a proposed solution to the problem of counterfeiting denarii. Due to the fact that the value of the coin was given by the weight (and type) of the material, it was very important that the denarii were made of silver and not other silvered alloys. The testing method was simple, they were crested to check if the inside is also silver. The Roman mint responded to this problem by issuing coins already crested on the edges, similar to watch wheels, in order to show the good silver inside. At the same time, among the coins there is also a denarius struck by Marcus Antonius for his legions during the war with Octavian.

Dimensions

custom d=16-20 mm

Description

silver

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