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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bing, post: 1658452, member: 44132&quot;]It&#039;s been like a wasteland on here today.&nbsp; I wasn&#039;t going to post this coin for a few more days, but I think we need a kick start.&nbsp; Along with my <span style="color: #333333">L POMPONIUS MOLO ROMAN REPUBLIC AR Denarius I purchased this:</span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"></span>L FURIUS CN F BROCCHUS ROMAN REPUBLIC AR Denarius</p><p>GENS FURIA</p><p>OBV:&nbsp; Bust of Ceres right between wheat-ear and barley-corn; III VIR across field, BROCCHI below</p><p>REV:&nbsp; Curule chair between fasces; L. FVRI/CN. F above</p><p>Struck at Rome, 63 BC</p><p>3.9g, 20mm</p><p>Cr414/1; Furia 23</p><p>[ATTACH]243620.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]243621.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This moneyer is not otherwise known. Ceres was the Roman goddess of agriculture. She was equivalent to the Greek Demeter. The ear of wheat and the barley-grain serve to identify her. The curule chair (sella curulis) was the official chair of the &#039;curule&#039; magistracies: the consulship, the praetorship, and the &#039;curule&#039; aedileship (the two highest aediles). The fasces were bundles of rods bound together. The rods symbolized the power to inflict physical punishment. When an axe (securis) was bound in the middle of the rods, it signified the power to inflict death. The accent mark over the &quot;V&quot; is unusual, but is occasionally found in inscriptions.</p><p><br /></p><p><u><b>GENS Furia</b></u></p><p><u><b><br /></b></u></p><p><u><b><br /></b></u></p><p><br /></p><p>This coin/moneyer is related to another I posted a few weeks ago:</p><p><br /></p><p>P. FURIUS CRASSIPES ROMAN REPUBLIC AR Denarius</p><p>GENS FURIA</p><p>[ATTACH]243622.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]243623.vB[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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