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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 7840644, member: 56859&quot;]Great thread, full of interesting info, mystery, and beautiful coins!</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t have a Frugi like [USER=74282]@red_spork[/USER] and others but will contribute one by a contemporary relative:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/frugi-mercury-cr418-2b-rted-jpg.505197/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>ROMAN REPUBLIC, M. Piso M.f. Frugi</b></p><p>58 BCE (redated from Crawford&#039;s 61 BCE by Hersh and Walker, 1984)</p><p>AR denarius, 20 mm, 3.94 gm</p><p>Obv: terminal bust of Mercury right, wearing winged diadem; calix below chin; to left, star above wreath; dotted border</p><p>Rev: M·PISO·M·F / FRVGI above secespita (sacrificial knife) and patera; all within laurel wreath</p><p>Ref: Crawford 418/2b; Sydenham 825; Calpurnia 23</p><p><i>formerly slabbed, NGC XF, 4/5 strike, 4/5 surface</i></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I am confused about Crawford&#039;s take on who exactly this later Frugi is. I&#039;ve read the passage five times and still don&#039;t understand. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie10" alt=":oops:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Instead I&#039;ll pass along <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/ahala_rome/5099551025/in/album-72157651053895556/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/ahala_rome/5099551025/in/album-72157651053895556/" rel="nofollow">Andrew McCabe&#039;s description</a>:</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Lucius Calpurnius Piso Pontifex, owner of the villa and brother-in-law of Julius Caesar - Caesar&#039;s wife was Calpurnia - left an elegant portrait bust which somehow bears similarities to Julius Caesar though not of blood family. The Calpurnia gens had an history of pontifical appointments. This coin of 58BC likely of an uncle, Marcus Piso Frugi, shows the pontifical implements: patera, knife and dish. The word pontifex literally means bridge-maker and their role was to maintain peace with the gods, by ensuring religious procedures and ceremonies were properly followed. In contrast with many other religions, being a pontifex was no bar to political office or military leadership. Indeed it was a useful source of secondary power - the ability to commune with the gods - and much sought after by leading men of the Roman Republic.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Since Muybridge came up (twice), I thought I&#039;d mention that I used the famous Muybridge galloping horse photos to create the animation I made for the Domitian Snake Cowboy coin.&nbsp; In photoshop I cut out the horse and snake from my coin, chopped the horse into body parts, and overlaid the parts (stretching and repositioning as needed) to match the Muybridge horse.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/thegoodsnake-edited90msec-gif.759268/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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