Addictive Steve's "30-Day" Therapy (Please Play Along)

As someone who has just started collecting ancients this is a very informative and very interesting read.

DAY #19 => COIN #12

ROMAN REPUBLIC
C. Licinius Lf Macer
AR Denarius
Struck 83 BC. Rome Mint
20 mm
3.39 grams
Obverse: Diademed bust of Vejovis left, seen from behind, hurling thunderbolt.
Reverse: Minerva in quadriga (four-horse chariot) right with javelin & shield; C LICINIVS L F MACER in two lines in ex.
Ref. Licinia 16; Cr354/1; Syd 732



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... a fool and his money ...

First to zuzzyb....! Hang around and you'll learn a lot with a bunch of folks who are the salt of the earth. I feel like family here!

Second, Steve, another exceptional quality coin dude! After starting with pretty much junk, uncleans and mariginal quality coins I have come to my own conclusion that spending the extra money right out of the gate for quality coins is a smart strategy. I say my 'own' conclusion, because I was told this very thing when I first started collecting ancients and had to learn the hard way.
So your collection, opinions of other poster's I respect greatly and this thread really brought it home to start doing that very thing. Thanks again for sharing! Just an awesome collection.

I have the same problem my friend. I just have to buy them slowly.... or I die!

Interesting coin!
It's difficult to find much about Vejovis, sometimes spelled Veiovis, and a few other spellings. A search of coins on the web turned up only Roman Republic coins and only for a relatively short period of time. I find the connection to the Julii interesting.

Here is the conclusion to the only in depth article I found:

"So, who was Vediovis? After reviewing the available facts, the following conclusions appear to be the most likely biography of the god:

Vediovis was an ancient god of the Latins, whose cult was probably brought to Rome from Alba Longa.
The early Roman cult of Vediovis incorporated aspects of the Etruscan god Veive to create a synthesis.
Vediovis had some ancient, unknown, association with Janus and Mars as protectors of the Roman state.
He was a wielder of the thunderbolt, possibly as divine punishment.
He was associated with conquest in war, possibly with some role related to the underworld.
Vediovis was probably not an incarnation of Jupiter. The original Roman cult was most certainly not associated with any of the Greek gods.
The cult of Vediovis is not known to have existed outside Rome and possibly Bovillae.
Vediovis had some symbolic resonance that encouraged the use of his image on coins and his identity in the self-mythology of the gens Julii up to the age of Augustus".

If you want to wade through the whole article it is here.
http://www.ancientworlds.net/aw/Article/1013406

DAY #20 => COIN #11

Amisos AE17
Date: 85-65 BC
Diameter: 17.6 mm
Weight: 4.2 grams
Obverse: Draped bust of Perseus, winged.
Reverse: Cornucopiae between pilei.
References: BMC Pontus pg. 19, 65-67




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