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Iustinianus I. (527 - 565 n. Chr.).
Semissis. 527 - 565 n. Chr. Constantinopolis.
Vs: D N IVSTINIANVS P P AVG. Büste mit Perldiadem, Paludament und Panzer rechts.
Rs: VICTORIA AVGGG / CONOB. Victoria auf Schild und Panzer nach rechts sitzend und Schild mit XXXX beschriftend; im Feld links Stern, rechts Christogramm.
19 mm. 2,14 g. Sear 143; DOC 17; MIBE 17.

ILLUSTRAZIONE: GIUSTINIANO RICEVE LA VERSIONE FINALE DEL "CORPUS IURIS CIVILIS". L'’imperatore Giustiniano  (482–565) ha lasciato  una straordinaria eredità: il “Corpus iuris civilis”, una compilazione omogenea della legge romana che ancora oggi è alla base del diritto civile. Un’opera gigantesca, caposaldo della scienza giuridica di ogni tempo, che rimane l’ordinamento giuridico più diffuso al mondo. È composta da 4 parti: il Digesto, il Codice, le Istituzioni e le Novelle.

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T. Veturius, Veturia, Denarius, Rome, 137 BC (RRC) 93-2 BC (BMCRR), AR, gr. 4, mm 19, Bust of Mars r., draped and helmeted (helmet has long crest, and plume on each side); behind, X, and TI VETVR, 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; above ROMA. RRC 234/1; BMCRR Italy 550; B. Veturia 1-2; Bf.i, 261;S. 527-528a; Catalli 2001,304.Lightly toned. About fdc.The moneyer is probably the son of T. Veturius Gracchi f. Sempronianus, augur from 174 BC. The reverse type signs a decisive break with the traditional approach to selection of coin iconography. It should be regarded as referring to an early version of the story of the Forche Caudine, in which the unfavourable agreement with Samnites was honoured. The motif of a kneeling youth between two men appearing first on the reverses of staters minted in the first period of roman coinage. The type is repeated on the reverse of these denarii in the late second century. The scene has been identified as an oath of alliance and because contemporary events rarely figured on coins in this period, the type probably have some referece to late peace with the Samnites. An oath scene can still be recognized also on the serrate of C. Sulpicius and on the coins under the name of C. Mutilius and rebels during the Social War. We May argue that the scene is one of a coniuratio made by Roman milites to obey their consules (Liv. XXII.38). Otherwise itÕs possible to give the scene a mythical context, identifying the sacrifice as the treaty between king Latinus and Aeneas (Virg., Aen. XII.161-215) or between Titus Tatius and Romulus (Virg. Aen. VIII, 639-41) or at least, between the leaders of Alba Longa and Rome before the duel of Horatii and Curiatii (Liv. I,24). The specific scene cannot be securely identified, especially because we are lacking representations of RomeÕs Latin allies and Aeneas from this century. The oath motif remembers a mythical Roman alliance while alluding to contemporary alliances.

ILLUSTRAZIONE: I ROMANI SORPRESI ALLE FORCHE CAUDINE.

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Hunnic Tribes, Uncertain Ruler Æ Drachm. Circa 6th-7th Century AD. Crowned bust right / Fire altar flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. 1.68g, 22mm, 7h.
Attractively toned, Good Very Fine.

 

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Macedon. Koinon of Macedonia. Gordian III. AD 238-244.
Bronze Æ
24mm., 9,49g. Head of Alexander the Great right (as Hercules), wearing lion skin /  Alexander on his horse, Bucephalus, galloping right.
nearly very fine
AMNG III 734 var

ILLUSTRAZIONE: ALESSANDRO A GAUGAMELA (331 A.C.)

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Valens
Valens, 364 - 378 n. Chr. Solidus 364 n. Chr. Sirmium. 4.48 g. Vs.: D N VALEN-S P F AVG, drapierte Panzerbüste mit Perlendiadem n. r. Rs.: RESTITVTOR REI PVBLICAE / *SIRM, Kaiser mit Labarum u. Victoriola. RIC 1(b); C. 32; Depeyrot 27/2. R! Vs. winziger Kratzer, vz

 

ILLUSTRAZIONE: LA BATTAGLIA DI ADRIANOPOLI DEL 378 D.C. Il 9 agosto 378 d.C. l’esercito dell’imperatore Valente venne annientato dai Goti di Atanarico e Fritigerno nei pressi di Adrianopoli, l’attuale Edirne. Per Roma non fu solo una battaglia perduta ma il giro di boa nel suo scontro coi barbari. Da quel momento in poi l’Impero li avrebbe ammessi sempre più numerosi all’interno delle sue frontiere provocando così la propria rovina.

 

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CORDIA 
Type : Denier  
Date : 46 AC.  
Mint name / Town : Rome  
Metal : silver  
Millesimal fineness : 950  ‰ 
Diameter : 18,50  mm 
Orientation dies : 6  h. 
Weight : 3,74  g. 
Rarity : R2  
Obverse legend : RVFVS  
Obverse description : Casque corinthien à droite, surmonté d’une chouette debout à droite  
Obverse translation : “Rufus”, (Rufus)  
Reverse legend : (MN). CORDIVS  
Reverse description : Égide avec tête de Méduse en son centre  
Reverse translation : “Manius Cordius”, (Manius Cordius)  
Catalogue references : B.4 (Cordia)  -  BMC/RR.4042 pl. 51/15  -  CRR.978 c (3)  -  RRC.463 /2  -  RCV.441 (560$)  -  CRI.64 a (175£)  -  RSC.4  -  CMDRR.601 (400€)  -  MRR.1429 (500€)  
Predigree : Exemplaire provenant de la collection Robert Couet  
Grade : VF

ILLUSTRAZIONE: ATENA CHE INDOSSA L'EGIDA DECORATA CON TESTA DI GORGONE, CHE E' IL SOGGETTO DEL ROVESCIO DEL DENARIO DEL MONETARIO MANIUS CORDIUS RUFUS

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1 minuto fa, bernini dice:

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[King John]

Adesso, bernini dice:

King jhon me la compri te???

ne ho decine...

[King John]

Adesso, bernini dice:

Vendo 1 lira della mia pregiata collezione a 15 euro....vero affare!!!

Ancora???? Per favore astieniti da questo tipo di post!

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@skubydu per favore intervieni???

[VALTERI]

Una interessante testa di guerriero  con elmo corinzio ,   da un molto raro dodecadramma arcaico dei Derrones 

Se la moneta fosse già comparsa , è comunque esemplare inconsueto da rivedere .

[skubydu]

10 ore fa, King John dice:

@skubydu per favore intervieni???

Scusa King, leggo ora... 

skuby

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1 minuto fa, skubydu dice:

Scusa King, leggo ora... 

skuby

Non ti preoccupare...  Qualche rimozione è già stata fatta.

 

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[skubydu]

1 minuto fa, King John dice:

Non ti preoccupare..

 

È un periodo un po' di caos..

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1 minuto fa, skubydu dice:

È un periodo un po' di caos..

Sarà il caldo...

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THESSALY, Larissa. Circa 440-400 BC. AR Trihemiobol (13mm, 1.29 g, 5h). Rider, wearing petasos and chlamys and holding spear, on horseback left / ΛAPIΣA, the nymph Larissa seated right on draped chair, arranging her hair with her right hand while looking in mirror held in left; all within shallow incuse square. BCD Thessaly II 362.3 (same dies). Near VF, toned, slightly ragged edge. From the BCD Collection.

[skubydu]

1 ora fa, King John dice:

Sarà il caldo...

Senza dubbio, ma dicevo per me

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Roman Republican Coins 
C. Sulpicius C.f. Galba. Denarius serratus 106, AR 3.89 g. D·P·P Jugate, laureate heads of Dei Penates l. Rev. Two soldiers standing facing each other, holding spears and pointing at sow which lies between them; in field above, C. In exergue, C·SVLPICI. Babelon Sulpicia 1. Sydenham 572. RBW 1155. Crawford 312/1. 
Good extremely fine

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Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 38	Auction date: 29 July 2017
Lot number: 11
Lot description: Spain, Ventipo Æ As. Mid 2nd century BC. Helmeted male head right / Warrior standing left, holding trident and shield. ACIP 2331 var.; CNH 1 var.; SNG BM Spain 1530. 22.06g, 33mm, 11h. Good Very Fine. Struck on a broad flan and very well centred for this type.  Estimate: 150 GBP ILLUSTRAZIONE: GUERRIERI CELTIBERI

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The Roman Republic
Struck Coinage
The Bellum Sociale
A new era of violence and conflict visited the Republic when in 91 B.C. Marcus Livius Drusus, a new Tribune with ideas much like the Gracchi brothers, acted as advocate for the urban and rural poor and the indigenous Italian peoples. Not only did he double the size of the senate by promoting 300 leading equites , but he tried to modify grain laws and to address old grievances over land distribution and eligibility for citizenship. Drusus' actions aroused such anger that he was murdered before his term had ended. It was the proverbial straw that broke the camel’s back, and the response among Rome’s Italian allies – who for decades had petitioned fruitlessly for improved status – was to break into revolt. The rebels comprised several Italian tribes, with the Marsi and the Samnites assuming leading roles in what came to be known as the Social War (91-87 B.C.). The capital of their breakaway state was Corfinium, where the rebels established a parallel system modeled on the institutions of the Republic, complete with a senate, consuls and praetors, and the prerogative to issue coins. After a faltering start, the Romans gained traction under the military leadership of Gaius Marius and Lucius Julius Caesar. None the less, the war was costly and destructive, and Caesar hoped hostilities would end when, in 90, he instituted the lex Iulia . The law granted full citizenship to Italian allies who were not actively engaged in making war on Rome. Though it represented progress, not every Italian insurgent was prepared to cease hostilities, and the war continued. Even with extraordinary generals such as Marius, Sulla and Gnaeus Pompey winning victories for the Republic, the war was so burdensome that leaders did not want to pursue it to the bitter end. Romans had been forced to raise more legions than at any time since the invasion of Hannibal, they struck more denarii in 90 than in any other year of the Republic, and from 89 to 87 silver was in such short supply that the purity of the denarius was reduced to slightly less than 95%. Perhaps the deciding factor, however, was a problem far from Italy: the Pontic King Mithradates VI was taking advantage of Rome’s distraction to expand his territories. In the darkest hour of the First Mithradatic War (89-85), Mithradates coordinated the murder in a single night of some 80,000 Romans in Asia Minor, and led an invasion of the province of Asia. With this tremendous concern, the Romans finally met the demands of the rebels for the complete enfranchisement of Italy – a promise that still required another eighteen years to fulfill. Denarius, Corfinium circa 90, AR 3.97 g. Laureate head of Italia l.; behind, ITALIA. Rev. Oath-taking
scene: eight soldiers, four on each side, pointing their swords at pig held by kneeling youth; in the
background, standard. In exergue, IIII · . Sydenham 620. Campana 39. Historia Numorum Italy 415c. Rare. Magnificent old cabinet tone and extremely fine Ex Sternberg sale XXVI, 1992, 198.

ILLUSTRAZIONE: SACRIFICIO DI UN CINGHIALE PER RISTABILIRE LA PACE TRA ROMANI E SANNITI. IL GENERALE SANNITA (SULLA SINISTRA) INCROCIA LA SPADA CON QUELLA DEL GENERALE ROMANO (SULLA DESTRA) TRA LE BENEDIZIONI DEI SACERDOTI SANNITI E ROMANI. 

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(346.1) THESSALY, Larissa. 479/475 - circa 460 BC. AR Hemidrachm (14.5mm, 2.85 g, 10h). Head of Jason to l., sporting a light beard and wearing petasos with strings fastening behind his head and under his chin; border of dots / ΛΑΡ above, ΙΣΑ below retrograde and reversed, all in incuse square. Traité I, 1413 and pl. XLIII, 4 = De Luynes 1831 (same dies). Good VF, darkly toned, ancient metal flaw or gouge on the obverse, the reverse off centre; very rare type. Same obverse die as lot 136 above and 346.2 below.

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CARIA, Mylasa. Eupolemos. Circa 295-280 BC. Æ (17mm, 4.30 g). Three overlapping Macedonian shields, the outer two with spearheads in bosses / Sword in sheath; labrys below. SNG Kayhan –; SNG Keckman 221–2; SNG Copenhagen (Macedonia) 1166. Good VF, dark brown patina. Choice for issue.

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Nel corso dei lavori condotti per sistemare le fondamenta degli edifici San Paolino, fuori la Porta Stabia degli scavi di Pompei, nell'ambito del cantiere numero 39 del Grande progetto Pompei, gli archeologi guidati da Massimo Osanna si sono imbattuti nella tomba di un personaggio molto in vista della città romana, quasi certamente Gneo Alleo Nigidio Maio, noto per essere uno dei più grandi finanziatori degli spettacoli di gladiatori che si svolgevano nella città romana all'intenro dell'Anfiteatro da 20mila posti. A questa tomba apparteneva il grande fregio con scene gladiatorie conservato nei depositi del Museo archeologico nazionale di Napoli.

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MACEDON. Koinon. Pseudo-autonomous. Time of Gordian III (238-244). Ae.
Obv: AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟV. 
Head of Alexander right, wearing lion's skin.
Rev: KOINON MAKEDONΩN B NEΩK. 
Horseman galloping right, soldier lying below horse.
AMNG III 705 var. (obverse bust).
Condition: Very fine.
Weight: 9.88 g.
Diameter: 27 mm.

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ROMAN COINS 
COINS OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE Augustus, 27 BC - 14 AD.
Denarius 25-23 BC, Emerita. 3.42 g. P. Carisius, legate. Bare head left // Round ornamented shield; above, spear head; below, curved sword with hilt. RIC I 2b. Rare. Very fine

NOTARE AL ROVESCIO DELLA MONETA, ALLA DESTRA DELLO SCUDO UNA FALCATA O "SPADA SPAGNOLA"

La spada spagnola fu adoperata certamente anche prima che i Romani venissero a contatto con gli Spagnoli guidati da Annibale, perchè in Livio  si legge che Tito Manlio Torquato durante la guerra contro i Galli (=360 a. C.), dopo aver accettato la sfida di un Gallo di gigantesca statura, presso l'Aniene, "cinse la cosiddetta spada spagnola più maneggevole per la lotta a corpo a corpo. Manlio che era di mezzana statura e di mingherlino aspetto... scansò col suo scudo quello del nemico, urtandolo... e trafisse due volte l'avversario al ventre e all'inguine e lo fece stramazzare a terra..." (VII, 10, 5). Ma all'epoca l'uso individuale di un tipo di arma anzichè altre, perchè prescelta da chi poteva permettersela, non incideva su quello che era l'armamento legionario più diffuso o stabilito dai generali dello Stato. E solo con Scipione vi fu l'adozione specifica di tale gladio per i legionari. Lo scempio fatto dai soldati romani sui corpi dei Macedoni non poteva non atterrire i soldati di Filippo V e il re medesimo. In Polibio VI, 23, 6 sgg. e in Livio XXXI, 34, 4, si afferma esplicitamente che questa spada ispanica era portata da opliti e da cavalieri; ma essa è portata  anche dai vèlites (Polibio, VI, 22, 1; Livio, XXXI, 35, 5; M. Roldan- Hervas, Hispania y el esercito, cit., p. 30). Conferme in Livio, XXXVIII, 21, 13.