A denarius of M. Vargunteius I received as a Christmas present

[Roman Collector]

My wife indulged my coin habit again this Christmas! She's the best! She gave me this attractive denarius of M. Vargunteius featuring Jupiter in a quadriga.

M. Vargunteius, 130 BCE.
Roman AR Denarius, 3.87 g, 18.4 mm, 1 h.
Rome mint, 130 BCE.
Obv: Helmeted head of Roma right, M • (VAR) G behind, mark of value * below chin.
Rev: Jupiter driving triumphal quadriga right, holding palm frond and thunderbolt.
Refs: Crawford RRC 257/1; Sydenham CRR 507; RSC Vargunteia 1; Sear 133; Kestner 2314-5; BMCRR Rome 1068-9; RBW 1048.

Let's see your recently-acquired Republican denarii, other examples of this coin, or anything you feel is relevant!

Edited December 25, 2022 by Roman Collector

[Spaniard]

Lovely example!

Happy Christmas...

[antwerpen2306]

very nice present for Christmas

Here is my denarius

and a quadrans (CR 257/4,16.6x17,05 mm, 3,44 gr)

[Qcumbor]

Great geasture from your wife @Roman Collector. Those are the best presents ever !!

I don't have the type yet. Two denarii from the last Leu webauction are on their way, hopefully they will show up soon

Q

[Nerosmyfavorite68]

Nice Christmas present!

Here's a recent RR denarius.

C. Vibius C.f. Pansa, Rome 90 BC. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.92g, 6h). Laureate head of Apollo r.; symbol below chin. R/ Minerva driving galloping quadriga r. Crawford 342/5b; cf. RBW 1287; RSC Vibia 2.

 

[DonnaML]

That's a beautiful coin, @Roman Collector. Your wife has great taste; it obviously runs in the family! For my favorite recent Roman Republican purchases, see my "top Roman Republicans" thread. Although I still have a couple to write up, and not much time left to do it!

[Alegandron]

Congrats @Roman Collector!

RR M Vargunteius 130 BCE AR Denarius Roma Jupiter slow Quadriga Sear 133 Craw 257-1

These are so cool with the Cross-X * as the symbol for the retariffed Denarius at 16 Asses. 

Edited December 29, 2022 by Alegandron

[Valentinian]

On 12/25/2022 at 8:51 AM, Qcumbor said:

I don't have the type yet. Two denarii from the last Leu webauction are on their way, hopefully they will show up soon

 

I was disappointed to find out that, for an auction conducted Dec. 3-6, they did not intend to mail the coins until January. Yesterday I got this response to my inquiry:
"As informed in the email accompanying the invoice, we will ship the orders of WA24 in January. Indeed, due to bank holidays and the very high quantity of lots we need time to prepare the more than 1100 orders and can and start shipments next week.

"You will receive the tracking number when the parcel has been dispatched."