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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 8214779, member: 51347&quot;]<b>VENUS</b></p><p><br /></p><p>One of my FAVORITES:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1441833[/ATTACH]</p><p>Roman Republic</p><p>Cn. Egnatius Cn.f. Cn.n. Maxsumus,</p><p>76 BCE Denarius, Rome.</p><p>[MAXSVMVS Diademed and draped bust of Libertas to right, wearing triple-pendant earring and necklace; behind, pileus.</p><p>Rev. [V] - CN•N / C•EGNATIVS•CN•F Roma, on left, standing facing, <b><i>left foot set on wolf&#039;s head </i></b>and holding staff with her right hand, and <b><span style="color: #b30000">Venus</span></b>, on right, standing facing, holding staff right and with cupid alighting on her shoulder; rudder standing on prow on either side.</p><p>Ref: Babelon (Egnatia) 3. Sear 326 Crawford 391/3. RBW 1429. Sydenham 787</p><p><br /></p><p>Story, very truncated:</p><p>The moneyer&#039;s family were originally a plebeian family of equestrian rank and were <b>Samnites</b> (had fought against Rome in THREE Samnite Wars (343–341 BCE, 326–304 BCE, and 298–290 BCE). After the Social War (91-88 BCE, with the Samnites holding out to 87 BCE), a part of the family moved to Rome, with a couple of them becoming Senators. However, one of the Senators was expelled, and also disowned his Senator Son. &quot;No one has a saisfactory reason for this scene...<b>&quot; Hmmm... I wonder; this guy came from a Rebel Family (Samnites), and the Samnites were virtually exterminated after the Social War by Sulla. I think Roma stepping on a Wolf&#039;s severed head might say something...</b></p><p><br /></p><p><b><i><span style="color: #b30000">Next:&nbsp; LIBERTAS</span></i></b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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