My latest coin from the unraveling Roman Republic. This coin was issued in 47 BC only a few years before the assassination of Julius Caesar (Ides of March 44 BC) and in the midst of Caesar's civil war with Pompey's allies (49-45 BC). It leads to the story of the proscriptions under Mark Antony, Octavian, and Lepidus as the triumvirate took control. This moneyer (along with Cicero and hundreds or thousands of others) was on the list assembled by the triumviri as they contemplated the elimination of enemies and sought funding for their campaigns. Who are these Dei Penates on the obverse? Why the trophy and Hercules on the reverse? How did Cicero meet his end? How did C. Antius escape his death? Who is the mythical founder of the Antius gens? ... The full story: https://www.sullacoins.com/post/proscribed-by-the-triumvirate Post your coins from the Antius gens, the last decades of the Roman republic, other proscribed moneyers, or anything else you find interesting or entertaining.
Love the coin. Another with Dei Penates: C. SULPICIUS C.f. GALBA AR Serrate Denarius OBVERSE: Conjoined laureate heads of the Dei Penates left REVERSE: Two soldiers swearing oath over a sow; F above; C SVLPICI C F in ex Struck at Rome, 106 BC 3.8g, 19mm Cr312/1; Syd 572; Sulpicia 1
Love the Sulpicius Galba, @Bing. Crawford makes the call against "A. Rubino" that "there is no trace of the portrayal of a foedus" and that the reverse of this coin is the miracle of the sow on the reverse, observed by the same Penates. (Both associated with Lavinium). In the words of Virgil describing how Aeneas will recognize the location where he builds the city of Lavinium, named for his wife Lavinia: Here are signs for you to keep in mind: When in anxiety by a stream apart Beneath shore oaks you find a giant sow, Snow-white, reclining there, suckling a litter Of thirty snow-white young: that place will be our haven after toil, site of your town. And have no fear of table-biting times; The fates will find a way for you; Apollo Will be at hand when called.-Aeneid, translated by Robert Fitzgerald, p79-80 lines 388-396 My coin of this type posted here with notes: https://www.sullacoins.com/post/new-beginnings-ancient-symbols
