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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;red_spork, post: 2674043, member: 74282&quot;]Here&#039;s what Crawford says about it on the entry for number 306:</p><p><br /></p><blockquote><p>The moneyer is presumably L. Valerius Flaccus, Cos. 100. The figure of Mars and the apex together recall the fact that the moneyer&#039;s father, Cos. 131, held the office of Flamen Martialis(an office probably held at the time of this issue by the Albinus of Cicero, Brutus 135, but later to be held by the Consul of 100). For the corn-ear see page 729.</p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>Here Cos. is short for Consul and the dates are of course in B.C.</p><p><br /></p><p>From page 729:</p><p><br /></p><blockquote><p>The other remarkable fact is the relatively advanced age at which some moneyers in this period held the office - within ten years of their consulates(see pp. 710-11). It is hard to avoid the conclusion that the moneyership was in the case of such men a substitute for an aedileship; self-advertisement was a feature of both offices. The surmise is perhaps confirmed by the occurence of what may be called &#039;aedilican&#039; types, referring to games in the circus and to corn-distributions as in the coinage of Cn. Domitius(no. 261), or only to corn-distributions, as in that of T. Cloulius(no. 260). It is almost as if the moneyers concerned placed on their coins an indication of what they would have provided if they had been elected Aediles</p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>His footnote after this section references several issues that included corn-ears(British English for ears of grain in general), one of which is your type, 306.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hope this helps! Nice coin by the way[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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