Crawford 215/1, Roman Republic, 148 BC., moneyer Quintus Marcius Libo, Denarius.
Roman Republic (Rome mint 148 BC.), moneyer Quintus Marcius Libo.
Denarius (17-19 mm, 3,63 g), silver, axis about coin alignment ?? (ca. 170°),
Obv.: Head of Roma right, wearing winged helmet with griffin crest, LIBO behind, mark of value X ( = 10 as ) under chin. Die-breaks between LI and above X.
Rev.: the Dioscuri, Castor and Pollux, on horseback, galloping right; they are cuirassed, their coats floating over the shoulder, wearing a cap [surmounted by a star], each holding a javelin., Q. MARC (MA in monogram) below, ROMA in square frame in exergue.
Crawford 215/1 ; Syd. 396 ; Bab. Marcia 1 .
deeper fields with old iridescent cabinet tone, VF
Same dies as Nomos auction 9 (21.10.2014), lot 204. ( https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2177205 ; https://nomosag.com/nomos-9/204 )
Quintus Marcius Libo is only known by the coins he issued as a moneyer of the Roman Republic about 148 BC.
Castor and Pollux are twin half-brothers in Greek and Roman mythology, known together as the Dioscuri. Their mother was Leda (an Aetolian princess who became a Spartan queen), but they had different fathers; Castor was the mortal son of Tyndareus, the king of Sparta, while Pollux was the divine son of Zeus, who raped Leda in the guise of a swan.
From the 5th century BCE onwards, the brothers were revered by the Romans, probably as the result of cultural transmission via the Greek colonies of Magna Graecia in southern Italy.
The Romans believed that the twins aided them on the battlefield. The construction of the Temple of Castor and Pollux, located in the Roman Forum at the heart of their city, was undertaken to fulfill a vow (votum) made by Aulus Postumius Albus Regillensis in gratitude at the Roman victory in the Battle of Lake Regillus in 495 BCE. Their role as horsemen made them particularly attractive to the Roman equites and cavalry. Each year on July 15, Feast Day of the Dioskouroi, 1,800 equestrians would parade through the streets of Rome in an elaborate spectacle in which each rider wore full military attire and whatever decorations he had earned.
For this type Crawford estimates 75 obverse dies and 94 reverse dies. The type seems to be rarer than the standard literatur suggest.
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![Crawford 215/1, Roman Republic, 148 BC., moneyer Quintus Marcius Libo, Denarius.
Roman Republic (Rome mint 148 BC.), moneyer Quintus Marcius Libo.
Denarius (17-19 mm, 3,63 g), silver, axis about coin alignment ?? (ca. 170°),
Obv.: Head of Roma right, wearing winged helmet with griffin crest, LIBO behind, mark of value X ( = 10 as ) under chin. Die-breaks between LI and above X.
Rev.: the Dioscuri, Castor and Pollux, on horseback, galloping right; they are cuirassed, their coats floating over the shoulder, wearing a cap [surmounted by a star], each holding a javelin., Q. MARC (MA in monogram) below, ROMA in square frame in exergue.
Crawford 215/1 ; Syd. 396 ; Bab. Marcia 1 .
deeper fields with old iridescent cabinet tone, VF
Same dies as Nomos auction 9 (21.10.2014), lot 204. ( https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2177205 ; https://nomosag.com/nomos-9/204 )
Quintus Marcius Libo is only known by the coins he issued as a moneyer of the Roman Republic about 148 BC.
Castor and Pollux are twin half-brothers in Greek and Roman mythology, known together as the Dioscuri. Their mother was Leda (an Aetolian princess who became a Spartan queen), but they had different fathers; Castor was the mortal son of Tyndareus, the king of Sparta, while Pollux was the divine son of Zeus, who raped Leda in the guise of a swan.
From the 5th century BCE onwards, the brothers were revered by the Romans, probably as the result of cultural transmission via the Greek colonies of Magna Graecia in southern Italy.
The Romans believed that the twins aided them on the battlefield. The construction of the Temple of Castor and Pollux, located in the Roman Forum at the heart of their city, was undertaken to fulfill a vow (votum) made by Aulus Postumius Albus Regillensis in gratitude at the Roman victory in the Battle of Lake Regillus in 495 BCE. Their role as horsemen made them particularly attractive to the Roman equites and cavalry. Each year on July 15, Feast Day of the Dioskouroi, 1,800 equestrians would parade through the streets of Rome in an elaborate spectacle in which each rider wore full military attire and whatever decorations he had earned.
For this type Crawford estimates 75 obverse dies and 94 reverse dies. The type seems to be rarer than the standard literatur suggest.
Schlüsselwörter: Roman Republic moneyer Quintus Marcius Libo Denarius Rome Roma winged helmet griffin crest die-break Dioscuri Castor Pollux horseback coat javelin frame](images/image.gif?id=707966653287 "Klicken für Bild in voller Größe
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Crawford 215/1, Roman Republic, 148 BC., moneyer Quintus Marcius Libo, Denarius.
Roman Republic (Rome mint 148 BC.), moneyer Quintus Marcius Libo.
Denarius (17-19 mm, 3,63 g), silver, axis about coin alignment ?? (ca. 170°),
Obv.: Head of Roma right, wearing winged helmet with griffin crest, LIBO behind, mark of value X ( = 10 as ) under chin. Die-breaks between LI and above X.
Rev.: the Dioscuri, Castor and Pollux, on horseback, galloping right; they are cuirassed, their coats floating over the shoulder, wearing a cap [surmounted by a star], each holding a javelin., Q. MARC (MA in monogram) below, ROMA in square frame in exergue.
Crawford 215/1 ; Syd. 396 ; Bab. Marcia 1 .
deeper fields with old iridescent cabinet tone, VF
Same dies as Nomos auction 9 (21.10.2014), lot 204. ( https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2177205 ; https://nomosag.com/nomos-9/204 )
Quintus Marcius Libo is only known by the coins he issued as a moneyer of the Roman Republic about 148 BC.
Castor and Pollux are twin half-brothers in Greek and Roman mythology, known together as the Dioscuri. Their mother was Leda (an Aetolian princess who became a Spartan queen), but they had different fathers; Castor was the mortal son of Tyndareus, the king of Sparta, while Pollux was the divine son of Zeus, who raped Leda in the guise of a swan.
From the 5th century BCE onwards, the brothers were revered by the Romans, probably as the result of cultural transmission via the Greek colonies of Magna Graecia in southern Italy.
The Romans believed that the twins aided them on the battlefield. The construction of the Temple of Castor and Pollux, located in the Roman Forum at the heart of their city, was undertaken to fulfill a vow (votum) made by Aulus Postumius Albus Regillensis in gratitude at the Roman victory in the Battle of Lake Regillus in 495 BCE. Their role as horsemen made them particularly attractive to the Roman equites and cavalry. Each year on July 15, Feast Day of the Dioskouroi, 1,800 equestrians would parade through the streets of Rome in an elaborate spectacle in which each rider wore full military attire and whatever decorations he had earned.
For this type Crawford estimates 75 obverse dies and 94 reverse dies. The type seems to be rarer than the standard literatur suggest.
Schlüsselwörter: Roman Republic moneyer Quintus Marcius Libo Denarius Rome Roma winged helmet griffin crest die-break Dioscuri Castor Pollux horseback coat javelin frame")