I bought a small bronze Semis in 2018. It took a while to attribute the coin and find a book with the coin. By the time the book arrived, I forgot this post.
This is the 5th one from Spain and means I now I have a collection. Shown below are two denarii, one semis and two Scipio bronze coins.
top left - Spain, Bolskan (Osca) AR Denarius. Circa 150-100 BC. Bearded head right; Iberian bon behind / Warrior, holding spear, on horseback right.
top right - Iberia, Ikalesken; Mid 2nd century BC AR denarius. Obv - Male head right; Rev - Horseman, holding shield, helmet and cloak (chlamys); riding left, second horse beside; in ex - Iberian legend IKALESKEN. The cloak and helmet of the rider are similar to the Dioscurii on RR coins. There are three small dots above the rider's helmet.
center - this coin was incorrectly sold as: Ancient Roman Republican Coin - L. Sempronius Pitio - Galley Semis 148 BC. Obv: laureate head of Saturn right, S behind head. Rev: L dot SEMP above prow right, S to right, ROMA below. Craw. 216/3; Syd. 403a; Babelon Sempronia 5; Sear 858. the coin is really:
an official Spanish civic issue from Carteia - Saturn / prow bronze from Spain. Probably about 100 BC (Cited from: https://www.cointalk.com/threads/l-sempronius-pitio-semis-scarce-rr-or-spanish-imitative-issue.327841/)
bottom L & R - SPAIN, Carthago Nova. Roman Occupation. Æ Unit. Struck after 209 BC. Bare-head left (Scipio Africanus?) / Horse standing right; palm tree behind.
This was my original post. You can compare the coin below with a similar RR coin.
I bought an interesting coin in a recent auction. It is not a common coin, but that is not unusual for small denomination RR bronzes. An added point of interest for this coin is that it might be Spanish imitation. Some pics of my coin (it is not here yet) and the best pic I noticed on line are below. Lettering on the coin is not like other coins of L.Semp.Pitio I have seen online. What do you think?
Nov 2018 auction
Dec 2015 auction, same coin
No comments:
Post a Comment