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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sulla80, post: 3636308, member: 99456&quot;][ATTACH=full]975811[/ATTACH]</p><p>Roman Republic</p><p><b>C. Fonteius </b>AR Denarius, Rome, 114-113 BC</p><p><b>Obv:</b> Laureate, janiform heads of the Dioscuri, E to left and mark of value to right</p><p><b>Rev:</b> Galley left with three rowers, gubernator at stern; C•FONT above, [ROMA] below</p><p><b>Ref:</b> Crawford 290/1; RSC Fonteia 1</p><p><br /></p><p>Cicero mentions that the Fonteii originated from Tusculum, where they were recognized as one of the most distinguished families. The Fonteii also claimed descent from Fontus, the son of Janus. Eckhel &amp; Crawford see Janus as a depiction of the Dioscuri referencing Tusculum as the chief cult-center of the Dioscuri in Latium.&nbsp; The galley is a reference to Telegonus, son of Circe and Ulysses,&nbsp; according to tradition he is the founder of Tusculum, as referenced in this passage from <a href="https://www.poetryintranslation.com/PITBR/Latin/PropertiusBkTwo.php#anchor_Toc201112289https://www.poetryintranslation.com/PITBR/Latin/PropertiusBkTwo.php#anchor_Toc201112289https://www.poetryintranslation.com/PITBR/Latin/PropertiusBkTwo.php#anchor_Toc201112289" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.poetryintranslation.com/PITBR/Latin/PropertiusBkTwo.php#anchor_Toc201112289https://www.poetryintranslation.com/PITBR/Latin/PropertiusBkTwo.php#anchor_Toc201112289https://www.poetryintranslation.com/PITBR/Latin/PropertiusBkTwo.php#anchor_Toc201112289" rel="nofollow">Propertius</a>:</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="3"><i>He who sees you sins: so he who can’t see you can’t desire you: the eyes commit the crime.&nbsp; O Cynthia, why else do you search out dubious oracles at Paeneste, or the walls of Aegean <a href="https://www.poetryintranslation.com/PITBR/Latin/PropindexPQRSTVXZ.php#Telegonus" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.poetryintranslation.com/PITBR/Latin/PropindexPQRSTVXZ.php#Telegonus" rel="nofollow">Telegonus</a>?</i></font></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Next:</b> another Odysseus or Ulysses connected coin[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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