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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Mr.MonkeySwag96, post: 24619529, member: 100951&quot;][ATTACH=full]1565312[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1565313[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1565314[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Marcus Furius L.f. Philus Denarius of the Roman Republic Period 119 BC Material: Silver Diameter: 19mm Weight: 3.86g Mint: Rome Reference: Crawford RRC 281/1 Provenance: Ex Dr. Gernot Heinrich Collection </p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse: Laureate head of Janus. Border of dots. The Inscription reads: M FOVRI L F for Marcus Furius Lucius Filius. </p><p><br /></p><p>Reverse: Roma (wearing Corinthian helmet) standing left, holding sceptre in left hand and crowing trophy with right hand; above, star; the trophy is surmounted by a helmet in the form of a boar&#039;s head and flanked by a carnyx and shield on each side. Border of dots. The Inscription reads: ROMA PHILI for Roma, Philus. </p><p><br /></p><p>Comments: The moneyer was probably the son of the consul Lucius Furius Philus (136 BC). Furius was a member of the circle around the Scipions, in particular a friend of Scipio Aemilianus. Macrobius names Furius as the author of a work that mentions two sacred formulas to be used against besieged cities, while Cicero praises his oratory style in De re publica. According to Cicero, Furius Philus lived in modest circumstances.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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