Ancient Roman Republic: silver denarius of moneyer L. Furius Brocchus, ca. 63 BC
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Ancient Roman Republic: silver denarius of moneyer L. Furius Brocchus, ca. 63 BC
Obverse: III VIR BROCCHI, bust of Ceres right, between wheat ear and barley corn.
Reverse: L FVRI C N F, curule chair between fasces.
Rome mint, circa 63 BC. Sear-365, Syd-902, Cr-414/1, 18 mm, 3.9 g, orientation 12/6. NGC Choice Very Fine (Strike 5/5, Surface 4/5), cert. #4166941-005. Ex-Joseph Mastrario of Imperator Coins, 10/27/2014 noted as "ex-Chiltren collection". Prior provenance to CNG eAuction 296, Lot 219, 2/13/2013.
Before purchasing this, I'd had only limited experience with Roman Republican coins, having spent most of my time with the later Roman Imperial issues. I had my eye on a Mint State Republican denarius, but the toning, design, and price tag on this one were more appealing to me. It's pretty well centered, too. I guess you could say I "got Furius" when I bought this, and that's a good thing when it's spelled that way. In hand, the obverse toning is even prettier than in these images. There appears to be something going on in the fields below the reverse design, as though perhaps there were ghostly traces of an undertype showing. Perhaps this coin was overstruck on an earlier denarius? I don't know.
Miscellaneous links:
Original CNG images
Alternate images
NGC cert verification page
L. Furius Brocchus denarius (Wildwinds reference)
Original seller page
CNG auction page
Earlier thread about this coin (Collectors Universe)
Wikipedia links:
Roman Republic
Moneyer
Ceres (mythology)
Curule chair
When posted here, this coin was part of my Eclectic Box of 20" collection.
Obverse: III VIR BROCCHI, bust of Ceres right, between wheat ear and barley corn.
Reverse: L FVRI C N F, curule chair between fasces.
Rome mint, circa 63 BC. Sear-365, Syd-902, Cr-414/1, 18 mm, 3.9 g, orientation 12/6. NGC Choice Very Fine (Strike 5/5, Surface 4/5), cert. #4166941-005. Ex-Joseph Mastrario of Imperator Coins, 10/27/2014 noted as "ex-Chiltren collection". Prior provenance to CNG eAuction 296, Lot 219, 2/13/2013.
Before purchasing this, I'd had only limited experience with Roman Republican coins, having spent most of my time with the later Roman Imperial issues. I had my eye on a Mint State Republican denarius, but the toning, design, and price tag on this one were more appealing to me. It's pretty well centered, too. I guess you could say I "got Furius" when I bought this, and that's a good thing when it's spelled that way. In hand, the obverse toning is even prettier than in these images. There appears to be something going on in the fields below the reverse design, as though perhaps there were ghostly traces of an undertype showing. Perhaps this coin was overstruck on an earlier denarius? I don't know.
Miscellaneous links:
Original CNG images
Alternate images
NGC cert verification page
L. Furius Brocchus denarius (Wildwinds reference)
Original seller page
CNG auction page
Earlier thread about this coin (Collectors Universe)
Wikipedia links:
Roman Republic
Moneyer
Ceres (mythology)
Curule chair
When posted here, this coin was part of my Eclectic Box of 20" collection.
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While only a casual interest, I do find the recycling of prior types on contemporary coins and medals quite appealing and think that there might be couple of other examples around somewhere.
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Yes, there was a prior thread about this coin. Sorry for the redundancy, but since this is the permanent linkback thread for the coin, and the other thread was a bit silly, I reposted.
PS- thanks for posting that medal, PuffinMan.