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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 7869189, member: 110350&quot;]Roman Republic, C. Vibius C. f. C. n. Pansa Caetronianus, AR Denarius 48 BCE, Rome mint. Obv. Mask of bearded Pan right; below, PANSA / Rev. Jupiter A[n]xurus, laureate, barechested, seated left on throne, holding patera in right hand and long scepter in left hand; on right, C•VIBIVS•C•F•C•N curving downwards; on left, IOVIS • AXVR curving upwards. Crawford 449/1a, RSC I Vibia 18 (ill.), Sear RCV I 420 (ill.), Sear <i>Roman Imperators</i> 20 (ill. p. 14), BMCRR 3978, Sydenham 947. 19 mm., 3.75 g.* (<i>Purchased from Silbury Coins, UK, Sep. 2020</i>.)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1355394[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>*Caius Vibius Pansa, son of Caius and grandson of Caius, was Consul in 43 BCE. (Crawford p. 465.) According to Grueber in BMCRR (pp. 509-510 at n. 1), he was a supporter of Caesar, and governor of Bithynia and Pontus in 47 BCE, striking coins at Apamea and Nicaea. He was killed in battle in 43 BCE before the town of Murina.</p><p><br /></p><p>The mask of Pan on the obverse is a pun on his <i>cognomen</i>, Pansa. (Crawford p. 465.) The figure of Jupiter A[n]xurus on the reverse (see the reverse legend) refers to an association of the moneyer’s <i>gens</i>, Vibia, with the town of Anxur (now Terracina). (See <i>id</i>.)&nbsp; The town is in Latium on the Tyrrhenian sea, about 98 km. southeast of Rome. See BMCRR at p. 510 at n. 1, stating that in Anxur “there was a special cult of Jupiter, whose temple was situated on the highest point of the city, and who was represented as a youth, handsome in features, and of perfect form; a representation suggested by the type of the coin.” See also John Melville Jones, <i>A Dictionary of Ancient Roman Coins</i> (Seaby, London 1990) at p. 153, under entry for Jupiter.</p><p><br /></p><p>Next: Pan from Pantikapaion.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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