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<p>[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 26340860, member: 99456"]This coin is my latest RR denarius: a story of family propaganda from ancient Rome in the run-up to and early phases of the Caesar–Pompey civil war.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1681456[/ATTACH]</p><p>Crawford notes that "<i>there is no convincing candidate for the portrait on 450.3</i>". Zanin’s 2021 “<a href="https://boris-portal.unibe.ch/server/api/core/bitstreams/2756aef3-14dd-4008-86f1-6b0683cf6844/content" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://boris-portal.unibe.ch/server/api/core/bitstreams/2756aef3-14dd-4008-86f1-6b0683cf6844/content" rel="nofollow"><u>The Last Postumii Albini</u></a>” points out that this two-lineage layout is a family tree in miniature during a politically charged period. With this context the A. Postumius COS can be identified.</p><p><br /></p><p>Crawford shares the suggestions that the head might be another <b>A. Postumius</b> e.g.:</p><ul> <li><b>Albinus Luscus</b>, cos. 180</li> <li><b>Albinus</b>, cos. 151</li> <li>or even the early <b>Aulus Postumius Albus Regillensis</b> consul in 496 BC, credited by Livy and Dionysius of Halicarnassus with leading the Romans to victory over the Latins at the <i>Battle of Lake Regillus</i>. His <i>cognomen</i> “Regillensis” comes from that battle and <b>Aulus Postumius Albus Tubertus</b>- consul in 464 BC and <i>dictator</i> in 431 BC; remembered for a campaign against the Aequi and for strict discipline.<br /> </li> </ul><p>However, the <b>“COS” </b>legend and the series’ genealogical program - precisely the pattern highlighted in later analyses - make the <b>consul of 99 BC</b> the most convincing choice.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Decimus Iunius Brutus <i>Albinus</i></b>, the moneyer, was born a Junian (son of D. Iunius Brutus, consul 77 BC) but was adopted into the patrician Postumii Albini, almost certainly by a son of Aulus Postumius Albinus (consul 99 BC).</p><p><br /></p><p>When he served as moneyer in 49/48 BC he used one sub‑series (RRC 450/3a–c) to advertise that <b>double pedigree</b>: the obverse shows a portrait labeled <b>A·POSTVMIVS·COS</b> (an “imago maioris” of his <i>adoptive</i> consular ancestor), while the reverse reads ALBINVS BRVTI·F - “Albinus, son of Brutus” - pointing back to his <i>birth</i> family. This exact pairing (portrait + office on the obverse; “Bruti f.” on the reverse) is the classic Republican way to boast a recent, prestigious ancestor by office and, at the same time, signal one’s natural lineage - hence the strong case that the head is <b>A. Postumius Albinus, consul of 99 BC</b>, the most relevant consular in his adoptive line.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Why would he honor <i>this </i>A. </b><a href="http://Postumius.It" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://Postumius.It" rel="nofollow"><b><u>Postumius? </u></b><u>It</u></a> let Decimus claim two consular families at once - the Junii (his father, consul 77 BC) and the Postumii Albini (consul 99 BC) - valuable political capital amid the civil‑war jockeying of the late 50s.</p><p><br /></p><p>On Republican coins, adding the office (<b>COS</b>) to an ancestral portrait typically marks a recent or direct relative, not a remote early‑Republic namesake - another reason to see the obverse as the consul of 99, not an older A. Postumius. The British Museum’s catalogue records the type this way: head of A. Postumius with legend A·POSTVMIVS·COS on the obverse, moneyer D. Iunius Brutus Albinus on the reverse.</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin is a tidy piece of family propaganda- adoptive Postumian face on the front, Junian paternity on the back. For more on the lives of the consul of 99 BC and moneyer - see latest post here: <a href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/rr-family-propaganda" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/rr-family-propaganda" rel="nofollow">https://www.sullacoins.com/post/rr-family-propaganda</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>Post your coins of the Postumii or Junii, examples of family propaganda, or anything else you find interesting or entertaining.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>References:</b></p><ul> <li>Zanin, Manfredi. “<a href="https://boris-portal.unibe.ch/server/api/core/bitstreams/2756aef3-14dd-4008-86f1-6b0683cf6844/content" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://boris-portal.unibe.ch/server/api/core/bitstreams/2756aef3-14dd-4008-86f1-6b0683cf6844/content" rel="nofollow"><u>The Last Postumii Albini</u></a>.” <i>Hermes</i> 149, no. 4 (2021): 474–486. <a href="https://doi.org/10.25162/hermes-2021-0035" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://doi.org/10.25162/hermes-2021-0035" rel="nofollow">https://doi.org/10.25162/hermes-2021-0035</a>.</li> <li>British Museum <a href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_2002-0102-4457" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_2002-0102-4457" rel="nofollow"><u>example of this coin</u></a>.<br /> </li> </ul><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 26340860, member: 99456"]This coin is my latest RR denarius: a story of family propaganda from ancient Rome in the run-up to and early phases of the Caesar–Pompey civil war. [ATTACH=full]1681456[/ATTACH] Crawford notes that "[I]there is no convincing candidate for the portrait on 450.3[/I]". Zanin’s 2021 “[URL='https://boris-portal.unibe.ch/server/api/core/bitstreams/2756aef3-14dd-4008-86f1-6b0683cf6844/content'][U]The Last Postumii Albini[/U][/URL]” points out that this two-lineage layout is a family tree in miniature during a politically charged period. With this context the A. Postumius COS can be identified. Crawford shares the suggestions that the head might be another [B]A. Postumius[/B] e.g.: [LIST] [*][B]Albinus Luscus[/B], cos. 180 [*][B]Albinus[/B], cos. 151 [*]or even the early [B]Aulus Postumius Albus Regillensis[/B] consul in 496 BC, credited by Livy and Dionysius of Halicarnassus with leading the Romans to victory over the Latins at the [I]Battle of Lake Regillus[/I]. His [I]cognomen[/I] “Regillensis” comes from that battle and [B]Aulus Postumius Albus Tubertus[/B]- consul in 464 BC and [I]dictator[/I] in 431 BC; remembered for a campaign against the Aequi and for strict discipline. [/LIST] However, the [B]“COS” [/B]legend and the series’ genealogical program - precisely the pattern highlighted in later analyses - make the [B]consul of 99 BC[/B] the most convincing choice. [B]Decimus Iunius Brutus [I]Albinus[/I][/B], the moneyer, was born a Junian (son of D. Iunius Brutus, consul 77 BC) but was adopted into the patrician Postumii Albini, almost certainly by a son of Aulus Postumius Albinus (consul 99 BC). When he served as moneyer in 49/48 BC he used one sub‑series (RRC 450/3a–c) to advertise that [B]double pedigree[/B]: the obverse shows a portrait labeled [B]A·POSTVMIVS·COS[/B] (an “imago maioris” of his [I]adoptive[/I] consular ancestor), while the reverse reads ALBINVS BRVTI·F - “Albinus, son of Brutus” - pointing back to his [I]birth[/I] family. This exact pairing (portrait + office on the obverse; “Bruti f.” on the reverse) is the classic Republican way to boast a recent, prestigious ancestor by office and, at the same time, signal one’s natural lineage - hence the strong case that the head is [B]A. Postumius Albinus, consul of 99 BC[/B], the most relevant consular in his adoptive line. [B]Why would he honor [I]this [/I]A. [/B][URL='http://Postumius.It'][B][U]Postumius? [/U][/B][U]It[/U][/URL] let Decimus claim two consular families at once - the Junii (his father, consul 77 BC) and the Postumii Albini (consul 99 BC) - valuable political capital amid the civil‑war jockeying of the late 50s. On Republican coins, adding the office ([B]COS[/B]) to an ancestral portrait typically marks a recent or direct relative, not a remote early‑Republic namesake - another reason to see the obverse as the consul of 99, not an older A. Postumius. The British Museum’s catalogue records the type this way: head of A. Postumius with legend A·POSTVMIVS·COS on the obverse, moneyer D. Iunius Brutus Albinus on the reverse. This coin is a tidy piece of family propaganda- adoptive Postumian face on the front, Junian paternity on the back. For more on the lives of the consul of 99 BC and moneyer - see latest post here: [URL]https://www.sullacoins.com/post/rr-family-propaganda[/URL]. Post your coins of the Postumii or Junii, examples of family propaganda, or anything else you find interesting or entertaining. [B]References:[/B] [LIST] [*]Zanin, Manfredi. “[URL='https://boris-portal.unibe.ch/server/api/core/bitstreams/2756aef3-14dd-4008-86f1-6b0683cf6844/content'][U]The Last Postumii Albini[/U][/URL].” [I]Hermes[/I] 149, no. 4 (2021): 474–486. [URL]https://doi.org/10.25162/hermes-2021-0035[/URL]. [*]British Museum [URL='https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_2002-0102-4457'][U]example of this coin[/U][/URL]. [/LIST][/QUOTE]
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