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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sulla80, post: 26106787, member: 99456&quot;][ATTACH=full]1664723[/ATTACH] This moneyer&#039;s grandfather was adopted into the family of Cornelius-Lentulii.&nbsp; Unusual for his family (who were mostly Pompeians) the moneyer was a supporter of Caesar and this coin perhaps the first struck after Caesar took Rome in 49 BC.&nbsp;&nbsp; Caesar entered Rome after famously crossing the Rubicon River on January 10–11, 49 BC, a decisive act that initiated the Roman Civil War. Caesar’s rapid advance southward forced Pompey and most of the Senate to flee Rome, allowing Caesar to occupy the city largely unopposed.</p><p><br /></p><p>The reverse shows Marcellus striding right, carrying<i><b> spolia opima</b></i> (captured armor from Viridomarus, the Gallic commander that he killed with his own hands) into the tetrastyle temple of Jupiter Feretrius. He was the third and last Roman to achieve <i><b>spolia opima</b></i>, a rare honor.&nbsp; Romulus celebrated spolia opima as he founded the first temple in Rome to Jupiter Feretrius (Jupiter who strikes).&nbsp; The coin would have supported Caesar’s self-image as a second Romulus re-founding Rome.</p><p><br /></p><p>The moneyer&#039;s son became consul in 18 BC under Augustus.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1664724[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="2">(Public Domain Image Source: Guillemin, A. (1881). Le monde physique (Vol. 1). Paris: Hachette. <a href="https://archive.org/details/b21498325_0001/page/128/mode/2up" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://archive.org/details/b21498325_0001/page/128/mode/2up" rel="nofollow">Retrieved from Wellcome Library</a>.)</font></p><p>For a more complete review of the history and family of this moneyer see:</p><p><a href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/cornelius-lentulus" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/cornelius-lentulus" rel="nofollow">https://www.sullacoins.com/post/cornelius-lentulus</a></p><p>Archimedes of Syracuse (c. 287 – c. 212 BC) the mathematician, physicist, engineer, astronomer, and inventor makes an appearance in the story, before dying tragically.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Post your coins of the Cornelius-Lentulii (the father and grandfather of this moneyer were also moneyers) - coins depicting trophies or anything else that you find interesting or entertaining.&nbsp; </b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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