Wreathed head of Persephone left, in triple-pendant earring & necklace; bucranium behind / Charioteer in galloping biga right, holding kentron in right hand & reins in left; monogram below, IEPWNOS in ex. ...
biga - a chariot pulled by two animals, usually horses, mules, or elephants.
caduceus - a herald's staff with snakes entwined around it and sometimes with wings, the chief attribute of the Roman messenger god, Mercury; see kerykeion.
Biga as above.
AR 67.5 grs. = 5 litr.
The head of Queen Philistis, the wife of Hieron, on these coins should be compared with that of Arsinoë on the contemporary Egyptian coinage.
Bust of ZeusAmmon, or full-length figure in biga drawn by rams. Bust of Hera (ΗΡΑ ΑΡΓΕΙΑ), or standing figure.
The standard type for the early denarii (Roma/Dioscuri) gradually gave way to other designs, such as Roma/Diana in biga and Roma/Victory in biga.
Eventually a new reverse appeared, first Luna driving a biga (two horse chariot) in 194-190 B.C., and then Victory driving a biga in 157 B.C.
Imagery on earliest denarii usually consisted of the bust of Roma on the obverse, and a deity driving a biga or quadriga on the reverse.
The following are the reverses of the other patterns: on one (No. 1) we observe the figure of Peace, in a car drawn by two horses, (numismatically termed a biga); in her right hand she holds an olive branch, in her left a wand or spear; ...
Aquillius produced a beautiful denarius with Luna driving a biga through an interesting grouping of stars. As can be seen in the photo, there is a crescent moon and 3 stars above and a lone star below the horses. A radiate Sol graces the obverse.
After roughly 60 years of denarii with the Dioscuri reverse, it became fashionable for moneyers to show a chariot driven by a god (here Sol) and pulled by two (biga) or four (quadriga) horses.
/Nike in biga left, SNG Israel (Spaer) 1141ff. Obv. centered to left but nothing off, rev. centered slightly low losing some legend at bottom, nice portrait, nice clear rev. including legend, brown patina, SCARCE, Very Fine....$175 Photo ...
/Diana in biga of stags right, fly below, C.ALLI in exergue. Reverse with L/fly as attested on page 337 of Crawford.
This piece is in excellent style, with the reverse a tiny bit crude, but hardly more so than many Republican reverses.
Diana in biga of stags right, torch in right hand, reigns and arrow in left, quiver over shoulder, grasshopper below stags, all in laurel wreath
C ALLI in exergue
17mm, 3.81g
Aelia 4; Crawford 336/1b; Sydenham 595 ...
The inscription gives a hint to the reverse type - this is Sol, in a quadriga. Chariots with two horses are biga, three are triga, and four are quadriga. The design looks a little odd as the technique of perspective had not yet been developed.
R0324* 1208 L. VALERIUS ACISCULUS: AR 20 Denarius
$120.00
Obv. ACISCVLVS
Rad. hd. of Sol r.
Rev. L VALERIVS Diana in biga r.
3.69 g
Sear 324v; Cr. 474/5.
obv. scratch, banker's marks, oth. VF. Rare ...
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