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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sulla80, post: 21226119, member: 99456&quot;][ATTACH=full]1542413[/ATTACH]</p><p>My latest coin from the unraveling Roman Republic.&nbsp; 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&#039;s civil war with Pompey&#039;s allies (49-45 BC).&nbsp; It leads to the story of the proscriptions under Mark Antony, Octavian, and Lepidus as the triumvirate took control.&nbsp; 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.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1542412[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Who are these <i>Dei Penates</i> on the obverse?</p><p>Why the trophy and Hercules on the reverse?</p><p>How did Cicero meet his end?</p><p>How did C. Antius escape his death?</p><p>Who is the mythical founder of the Antius gens?</p><p>...</p><p><br /></p><p>The full story: <a href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/proscribed-by-the-triumvirate" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/proscribed-by-the-triumvirate" rel="nofollow">https://www.sullacoins.com/post/proscribed-by-the-triumvirate</a></p><p><br /></p><p><b>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.</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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