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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sallent, post: 3535462, member: 76194&quot;][ATTACH=full]939685[/ATTACH] Roman Republic, A. Postumius A.f. Sp.n. Albinus, c. 81 B.C.</p><p>Silver denarius serratus</p><p>Rome mint, weight 3.902g, maximum diameter 19.6mm</p><p>Obverse: HISPAN downward behind, veiled head of Hispania right with disheveled hair; reverse togate figure standing left, extending hand toward legionary eagle before him, fasces and axe behind, A• / ALBIN / N•S• vertical downward in fields from left to right, POST A•F• in exergue;</p><p>Crawford 372/2, Sydenham 746, RSC I Postumia 8, BMCRR I Rome 2839, RBW Collection 1393, SRCV I 297</p><p>Note: gVF, dark toning, part of reverse not fully struck, tight flan cutting of exergue</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The above coin has a very fascinating reverse theme. On the reverse we see a togate Roman citizen taking his oath before a legionary eagle, with the fasces of the praetor&nbsp; L. Postumius Albinus&nbsp; right behind, as a symbol of the total authority the general had over his soldiers upon the taking of the oath of service. As a citizen, a Roman had the right to not be whipped, the right to appeal to a magistrate, and the right to make decisions over his wife and children. However, once a soldier, the citizen was now bound to the legion, and he could be harshly disciplined for insubordination, theft, cowardice in combat, etc., including being flogged, decimated, or summarily executed. This is the moment a citizen goes from enjoying his freedoms and privilege as a Roman citizen, and becomes another cog in the Roman military machine.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]939691[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>On the obverse we see Hispania, representing the military campaigns of the praetor L. Postumius Albinus against the Vaccaei and Lusitani tribes in the Iberian peninsula in the early 2nd Century BCE, for which he was awarded a triumph.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]939707[/ATTACH]</p><p>Roman Hispania (early 2nd Cent. BCE)</p><p><br /></p><p><b>POST ANYTHING RELEVANT</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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