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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Mikey Zee, post: 2338618, member: 72818&quot;]When I first stumbled upon this worn coin, my first thought was ...&quot; definitely not worth more than $40.00 shipped...&quot; but since the required initial bid was within that range, I took a stab at it. Predictably, I found reasons to like it the more I gazed upon it and &#039;researched&#039; the type---although I&#039;m still a bit confused about the &#039;moneyer&#039; since Cato the Younger (95-46 BC) would have been about six years old when this coin was struck about 89 BC ??</p><p><br /></p><p>The significance of Liber and seated Victory seem clear, both a reference to ancestral accomplishments. The coin itself was struck at the end of the &#039;Social Wars&#039; of 91-88 BC and circulated just as Sulla was entering Rome with his army. The silver quinari were first minted around 211 BC. The coins are slightly smaller than the &#039;Victoriti&#039; and were valued at a half denarius. They were discontinued due to apparent unpopularity, but were revived again during the first century BC and appeared in circulation until the 3rd century AD before the coinage reforms of Diocletian.</p><p><br /></p><p>Of course, Marcus Porcius Cato (the younger) was the great grandson of M Porcius Cato (The Censor, 234-149 BC). The younger Cato distinguished himself as an orator and prominent political figure. He was also a strong opponent of Julius Caesar whose pardon he refused by committing suicide; his half sister was the Mother of Brutus. After Cato&#039;s death, Brutus married his daughter Porica Catonis who also happened to be his first cousin....(Talk about a soap opera LOL)</p><p><br /></p><p>Please post any coins of the type or times...</p><p><br /></p><p>M Cato, Rome Mint 89 BC; AR Quinarius, 1.88grams, 15 mm</p><p>Head of Liber right, wearing Ivy wreath, torch below, M CATO left</p><p>Victory seated right, holding palm frond and patera, VICTRIX below</p><p>Crawford 343/2b, Sydenham 597c</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]474923[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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