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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;red_spork, post: 4565175, member: 74282&quot;]I ended up bringing two coins home from NAC&#039;s Spring Auction, neither of which were ones I planned to bid on but both of which I&#039;m very happy with and both of which feature equestrian statues. This first denarius is of Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, the same man who would later go on to become a triumvir alongside Octavian and Marc Antony. Like many moneyers of this period, he chose to celebrate the deeds of an ancestor on his coinage. In this case, the ancestor was the moneyer&#039;s great-grandfather, also a Marcus Aemilius Lepidus. During the war with Hannibal this ancestor killed an enemy warrior and saved one of his countrymen in the process. The senate voted to have a statue erected in his honor and it is this statue that is believed to be represented on the reverse of this denarius.</p><p><br /></p><p>Interestingly there are two major reverse varieties of this type: the first like my example and the second including the addition of the legend &quot;AN XV PR H O C S&quot; around. This is believed to represent &quot;ANorum XV PRogressus Hostem Occidit Civem Servavit&quot;, which translates to something like &quot;At the age of 15 he went into battle and saved a citizen&quot; and was probably the inscription at the base of the statue. This was probably added to draw more attention to the story and significance of the statue.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1130393[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Roman Republic AR Denarius(19mm, 3.91g). Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, 61 B.C., Rome mint. Laureate and diademed female head right. Border of dots/Horseman right, carrying trophy over shoulder. In exergue M LEPIDVS. Crawford 419/1b; Banti Aemilia 71-3 (this coin); Babelon Aemilia 22; Sydenham 830; RBW 1507.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ex Numismatica Ars Classica Spring Auction 2020, 25 May 2020, lot 633, ex JD Collection, Numismatica Ars Classica 72, 16 May 2013, lot 1213, ex Finarte 208, 1975, lot 28</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The second coin is one I previously shared in the &quot;NAC Spring 2020&quot; thread, but I&#039;ll share it again along with a little discussion. This denarius is also of a triumvir, in this case Octavian. The types are similar to <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3359219" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3359219" rel="nofollow">those on the first issue of Octavian</a>(be sure to read the note in the link) but the differing pose and addition of &quot;POPVL IVSSV&quot; suggest this coin represents the real statue erected by Senatorial decree after the victory of the triumvirs at Philippi.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1130417[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Roman Imperatorial period AR Denarius(3.82g, 16mm), C Caesar Octavianus, mint with Octavian in Italy, 41 BC. Bare head of Octavian right, with slight beard; C·CAESAR·III·VIR·R·P·C around; border of dots / Equestrian statue of Octavian galloping left, his right hand extended; POPVL·IVSSV in exergue and on right. Sear HCRI 299; Crawford 518/2</p><p><br /></p><p>Numismatica Ars Classica Spring Auction 2020, 25 May 2020, lot 726, ex RBW Collection, Numismatica Ars Classica 63, 17 May 2012, lot 553, ex Jesus Vico sale June 1992, lot 401</p><p><br /></p><p>As always, feel free to share anything relevant.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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