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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bing, post: 2417396, member: 44132&quot;]Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius (c. 130 BC – 63 BC) was a pro-Sullan politician and general who was Roman consul in 80 BC. He was the principal Senatorial commander during the Sertorian War, fighting alongside Pompeius Magnus. </p><p><br /></p><p>In 100 BC, after his father was banished as a result of the political maneuverings of Gaius Marius and Lucius Appuleius Saturninus, Metellus Pius launched a campaign to have his father brought back from exile. He produced a petition in 99 BC to this effect, and his constant pleading on the subject resulted in Quintus Calidius, the Plebeian Tribune of 98 BC passing a law which allowed his father to return. As a result of his fidelity, he was given the agnomen “Pius” for the constancy and inflexibility with which he fought for his father&#039;s political rehabilitation and return to Rome.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]500349[/ATTACH] </p><p>Q. CAECILIUS METELLUS PIUS ROMAN REPUBLIC; GENS CAECILIA&nbsp; </p><p>AR Denarius</p><p>OBVERSE:&nbsp; Diademed head of Pietas right, stork before</p><p>REVERSE:&nbsp; IMPER in exergue, lituus and jug, all within laurel wreath</p><p>Spanish Mint 81 BC</p><p>3.8g; 20mm</p><p>Crawford 374/2; Sydenham 751; Caecilia 44</p><p>Ex: Barry Murphy</p><p><br /></p><p>In the coinage of the Roman Republic, a jug and lituus appear as a paired group of symbols; the earliest use is by Sulla, the last on issues of Antony in 39BC. In ritual context, the jug and littus refer to the pontifical and augural authority over the preceding political action. From the political context of each issue, the symbols allude to the ritual to legitimize military power.</p><p><br /></p><p>Feel free to post coins with ritual implements or anything you feel associated.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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