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Cupid or Eros

Cupid to the Romans, Eros to the Greeks, is the god of desire, affection and erotic love. He is the son of goddess Venus and god Mars. In popular culture, Cupid is frequently shown shooting his bow to inspire romantic love, often as an icon of Valentine's Day. Today he is the personification of love and courtship in general.

Julius Caesar, Imperator and Dictator, October 49 - 15 March 44 B.C.

|Julius| |Caesar|, |Julius| |Caesar,| |Imperator| |and| |Dictator,| |October| |49| |-| |15| |March| |44| |B.C.||denarius|
This type was a special military coinage produced by Caesar during his final campaign. This campaign against the Pompeian forces in Spain culminated in the battle of Munda on 17 March 45 B.C. The obverse refers to Caesar's mythical descent from the goddess Venus. The reverse refers to Caesar's victories in Gaul and the male Gaulish captive may be Vercingetorix.
RS50608. Silver denarius, Crawford 468/1, Sydenham 1014, RSC I 13, BMCRR Spain 89, Sear CRI 58, SRCV I 1404, Choice VF, weight 4.110 g, maximum diameter 18.1 mm, die axis 45o, Spanish mint, 46 - 45 B.C.; obverse diademed head of Venus right, small Cupid behind; reverse trophy of Gallic arms; on left, Gallia seated left with hand to head in attitude of morning; on right, male (Vercingetorix?) captive seated right, hands bound behind, looking up; CAESAR in exergue; SOLD


Julius Caesar, Imperator and Dictator, October 49 - 15 March 44 B.C.

|Julius| |Caesar|, |Julius| |Caesar,| |Imperator| |and| |Dictator,| |October| |49| |-| |15| |March| |44| |B.C.||denarius|
This type was a special coinage struck by a military mint traveling with Caesar in Hispania during his final campaign. This campaign against the Pompeian forces in Spain culminated in the battle of Munda on 17 March 45 B.C. The obverse refers to Caesar's mythical descent from the goddess Venus. The reverse refers to Caesar's victories in Gaul and the Gaulish captive may be Vercingetorix.
SH65209. Silver denarius, Crawford 468/2, Sydenham 1015, RSC I 14, Kestner 3644, BMCRR Spain 86, Russo RBW 1640, Sear CRI 59, SRCV I 1405, gVF, sharp detail, scratches, encrustation, weight 3.756 g, maximum diameter 18.5 mm, die axis 45o, late 46 - early 45 B.C.; obverse draped bust of Venus left, wearing stephane and star in her hair, small Cupid at point of bust, lituus left on left, scepter on right; reverse trophy of Gallic arms and carnyces; Gallic captive, on left, kneeling left, head right; Gallia, on right, seated right in attitude of mourning; CAESAR in exergue; military mint traveling with Caesar in Hispania; SOLD


Julius Caesar, Imperator and Dictator, October 49 - 15 March 44 B.C.

|Julius| |Caesar|, |Julius| |Caesar,| |Imperator| |and| |Dictator,| |October| |49| |-| |15| |March| |44| |B.C.||denarius|
This type was a special military coinage produced by Caesar during his final campaign. This campaign against the Pompeian forces in Spain culminated in the battle of Munda on 17 March 45 B.C. The obverse refers to Caesar's mythical descent from the goddess Venus. The reverse refers to Caesar's victories in Gaul and the male Gaulish captive may be Vercingetorix.
SL74867. Silver denarius, Crawford 468/1, Sydenham 1014, RSC I 13, BMCRR Spain 89, Sear CRI 58, SRCV I 1404, NGC XF, strike 4/5, surface 4/5 (2490379-001), weight 3.987 g, maximum diameter 17.8 mm, die axis 90o, Spanish mint, 46 - 45 B.C.; obverse diademed head of Venus right, small Cupid behind; reverse trophy of Gallic arms; on left, Gallia seated left with hand to head in attitude of morning; on right, male (Vercingetorix?) captive seated right, hands bound behind, looking back and up; CAESAR in exergue; NGC| Lookup; SOLD


Nagidos, Cilicia, c. 380 - 360 B.C.

|Cilicia|, |Nagidos,| |Cilicia,| |c.| |380| |-| |360| |B.C.||stater|
This is the SNG Levante plate coin.

Nagidos, a colony of Samos, was located in Cilicia on a hill at the mouth of the Sini Cay (Bozyazi Dere) near modern Bozyazi in Mersin Province, Turkey. Nagidos minted coins with a grape cluster as a symbol of the city, some with both Greek and Aramaic inscriptions, and one type bearing the name of the Persian satrap Pharnabazus. Aphrodite appears most often on the coins, indicating her sanctuary was the most important in the city. Alexander the Great conquered Cilicia in 133 B.C. After his death, Cilicia briefly came under Seleucid rule. About 270 B.C., the Ptolemaic Empire conquered Cilicia. When the city of Arsinoe was founded on land claimed by Nagidos, the Nagidians refused to recognize the settlers. To resolve the dispute, Nagidos was designated as the mother city and the citizens of both shared a single citizenship. Cilicia came under Seleucid rule in 197 B.C. Nagidos was abandoned in the middle of the second century B.C., possibly due to attacks by the Cilician pirates.
SH13725. Silver stater, SNG Levante supplement 1 (this coin), SNG Cop 179, cf. Lederer Nagidos 24, SNG BnF 21 (similar, different controls), aEF, fantastic rainbow toning, flat strike on faces, weight 10.694 g, maximum diameter 24.3 mm, die axis 0o, Nagidos (Bozyazi, Turkey) mint, c. 365 B.C.; obverse Aphrodite enthroned left, patera in outstretched right, Eros standing behind; reverse NAΓIΔIKΩN, Dionysos standing left, bunch of vine with bunch of grapes in right, thyrsus in left, monogram left; SOLD


Julius Caesar, Imperator and Dictator, October 49 - 15 March 44 B.C.

|Julius| |Caesar|, |Julius| |Caesar,| |Imperator| |and| |Dictator,| |October| |49| |-| |15| |March| |44| |B.C.||denarius|
This type was a special military coinage produced by Caesar during his final campaign. This campaign against the Pompeian forces in Spain culminated in the battle of Munda on 17 March 45 B.C. The obverse refers to Caesar's mythical descent from the goddess Venus. The reverse refers to Caesar's victories in Gaul and the Gaulish captive may be Vercingetorix.
SH77463. Silver denarius, Crawford 468/1, Sydenham 1014, RSC I 13, BMCRR Spain 89, Sear CRI 58, SRCV I 1404, gVF, dark toning, porous, light marks, weight 3.377 g, maximum diameter 20.2 mm, die axis 45o, Spanish mint, 46 - 45 B.C.; obverse diademed head of Venus right, small Cupid behind; reverse two captives (male and female) seated at base of trophy of Gallic arms, CAESAR in exergue; ex Gorny & Mosch auction 233 (6 Oct 2015), lot 2252; SOLD


Hellenistic, Eastern Mediterranean, "Erotes Confronted" Type Pottery Oil Lamp, c. 250 - 100 B.C.

|Oil| |Lamps|, |Hellenistic,| |Eastern| |Mediterranean,| |"Erotes| |Confronted"| |Type| |Pottery| |Oil| |Lamp,| |c.| |250| |-| |100| |B.C.|
This "Erotes Confronted" lamp was found in Israel. The type is identified by its ornamentation - two Erotes standing flanking the filling hole on the lamp's shoulder. Together they usually hold a palmette, lily, or a similar object above their heads. The body is semi-elliptical, undoubtedly influenced the triangular composition of the decor. The type has been found in Africa, Egypt, and the Levant, but the place of manufacture is unknown. See our Erotes| Confronted| Oil| Lamps| page in NumisWiki.
AA78090. Hellenistic "Eros Confronted" type pottery oil lamp; cf. Warschaw p.17, 7; Sussman 2009 162, Qedem 8 p. 13, 24; Frangie-Salles 19051, Choice, encrustations, soot on nozzle, 9.3cm (3 5/8") long, 5.8cm (2 1/4") wide, 3.2cm (1 1/4") high, c. 250 - 100 B.C.; mold-made, pink clay, semi-elliptical body, long nozzle with round tip, ornamented with two nude facing Erotes standing (dancing?) flanking the filling hole on the lamp's shoulder, together they hold a lily (or similar object) above their heads, asymmetrical flat rim around filling hole, framed branch down top of nozzle and others flanking nozzle at creases with body, concentric circles inscribed on base; ex Bruce Munday (Australia, 2017), found in Israel; SOLD


Hadrian, 11 August 117 - 10 July 138 A.D.

|Hadrian|, |Hadrian,| |11| |August| |117| |-| |10| |July| |138| |A.D.||denarius|
Felix (Lucky) was a traditional epithet for Venus. Venus Felix was her cult title at Hadrian's temple to Venus Felix and Roma Aeterna on the Via Sacra. In dice-games, a popular pastime among Romans of all classes, the luckiest, best possible roll was known as "Venus."
SH76082. Silver denarius, RSC II 1449; BMCRE III 752; RIC II 280; SRCV II 3546, Hunter II 252 var. (palladium vice Cupid), EF, bold reverse with extraordinary style, toned, light marks, encrustations, tiny edge cracks, weight 3.276 g, maximum diameter 16.5 mm, die axis 180o, Rome mint, 134 - 138 A.D.; obverse HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, bare head right; reverse VENERIS FELICIS, Venus seated left on throne without back, feet on footstool, winged Cupid standing left in right hand, long scepter vertical behind in left; scarce; SOLD


Roman Republic, Manius Fonteius C.f., c. 85 B.C.

|99-50| |B.C.|, |Roman| |Republic,| |Manius| |Fonteius| |C.f.,| |c.| |85| |B.C.||denarius|
Vejovis is a little-known Italian deity. He was worshiped in a temple on the Capitol in Rome. The reverse most likely depicts a statue that was beside the statue of Vejovis in the temple. This statue may refer to the infancy of Jupiter who was suckled by the goat Amaltheia on Mount Ida.

The thyrsus is the staff carried by Bacchus and his associates; topped by a pine cone or a bunch of ivy leaves and wreathed with tendrils of vine or ivy.
RR75243. Silver denarius, Crawford 353/1a, Sydenham 724, RSC I Fonteia 9, BMCRR I Rome 2476, Russo RBW 1350, SRCV I 271, Choice aEF, well centered and struck, nicely toned, a few light scratches, weight 3.813 g, maximum diameter 22.4 mm, die axis 180o, Rome mint, c. 85 B.C.; obverse MN FONTEI C F (MN and NT in monogram) downward behind, laureate head of Vejovis right, thunderbolt below neck truncation, Roma monogram below chin; reverse Cupid seated on goat right, caps of the Dioscuri above, thyrsus of Bacchus in exergue, all within laurel wreath; ex Naville auction 9, lot 175, ex Tkalec sale 2006, 106, ex NAC 46 (April 2008), lot 369; SOLD


Roman Republic, Dictatorship of Julius Caesar, Mn. Cordius Rufus, c. 46 B.C.

|after| |50| |B.C.|, |Roman| |Republic,| |Dictatorship| |of| |Julius| |Caesar,| |Mn.| |Cordius| |Rufus,| |c.| |46| |B.C.||denarius|
The Cordia home, Tusculum, was a center of worship for the Dioscuri. The reverse is a clever play on the moneyer's name and may also compliment Julius Caesar who claimed descent from Venus. The particular design of Venus may derive from a statue placed in the temple of Venus Genetrix in the year of issue.
RR64084. Silver denarius, Sydenham 976b (also CORDIV, scarce), Crawford 463/1a, RSC I Cordia 2a, BMCRR I Rome 4037, Russo RBW 1606, Sear CRI 63, SRCV I 440, VF, toned, weight 4.027 g, maximum diameter 17.2 mm, die axis 45o, Rome mint, c. 46 B.C.; obverse RVFVS III VIR downward behind, jugate heads of Dioscuri right, wearing laureate pilei surmounted by stars; reverse MN CORDIVS (MN ligate) downward on right, Venus Verticordia standing half left, scales in right hand, transverse long scepter in left hand, Cupid at shoulder; ex CNG auction 273 (8 Feb 2012), part of lot 620; scarce; SOLD


Roman Republic, Manius Fonteius C.f., c. 85 B.C.

|99-50| |B.C.|, |Roman| |Republic,| |Manius| |Fonteius| |C.f.,| |c.| |85| |B.C.||denarius|
Vejovis is a little-known Italian deity. He was worshiped in a temple on the Capitol in Rome. The reverse most likely depicts a statue that was beside the statue of Vejovis in the temple. This statue may refer to the infancy of Jupiter who was suckled by the goat Amaltheia on Mount Ida.

The thyrsus is the staff carried by Bacchus and his associates; topped by a pine cone or a bunch of ivy leaves and wreathed with tendrils of vine or ivy.
RR95406. Silver denarius, Russo RBW 1352, Crawford 353/1d, Sydenham 724b, RSC I Fonteia 11, BMCRR I Rome 2481, SRCV I 271, EF, toned, slightly off center on a tight flan, weight 4.049 g, maximum diameter 17.8 mm, die axis 45o, Rome mint, c. 85 B.C.; obverse MN FONTEI C F (MN and NT ligate), laureate head of Vejovis right, thunderbolt below neck truncation, Roma monogram right; reverse Cupid seated on goat right, flanked by caps of the Dioscuri, thyrsus of Bacchus in exergue, all within laurel wreath; ex Forum (2009), fabulous reverse, scarcer variety with the caps flanking the goat vice above; SOLD




  




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