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<p>[QUOTE="Ryro, post: 4505209, member: 91461"]I'm bending the rules here, but let's pay a gens familia from before the emperors came and ruined everything.</p><p>Here's some of the gens Caecilia familia Metellus:[ATTACH=full]1116945[/ATTACH]</p><p>Caecilia</p><p>Denarius. AR. Rome. (125 BCE). A / Head of Rome to the right, behind ROMA and in front X. R / Macedonian shield, around M. METELLVS Q. F., all within a laurel wreath. 3.70g. FFC.204. Banker's punch. Limited. BC / BC +. Ex Pliego</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1116949[/ATTACH]</p><p>Q. Caecilius Metellus Pius</p><p>Scipio</p><p>Denarius, 19mm 3.74g. (h).</p><p>Africa, 47-46 BC. Obv: Laureate</p><p>head of Jupiter right; Q METEL</p><p>before, PIVS behind. Rx:</p><p>Elephant walking right, SCIPIO</p><p>above, IMP in exergue.</p><p>Crawford 459/1. Sydenham</p><p>1046. RSC Caecilia 47. Sear,</p><p>Imperators 45</p><p>Ex Savoca</p><p>After L. Caecilius Metellus'</p><p>victory over Hasdrubal at</p><p>Panormus and the capture of</p><p>one of the Carthaginians'</p><p>elephants, that beast</p><p>became as a heraldic</p><p>symbol to the gens Caecilia.</p><p>It is ironic then that displayed</p><p>on this coin it should be so</p><p>reminiscent of Caesar's own</p><p>earlier issue bearing an</p><p>elephant on the reverse[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ryro, post: 4505209, member: 91461"]I'm bending the rules here, but let's pay a gens familia from before the emperors came and ruined everything. Here's some of the gens Caecilia familia Metellus:[ATTACH=full]1116945[/ATTACH] Caecilia Denarius. AR. Rome. (125 BCE). A / Head of Rome to the right, behind ROMA and in front X. R / Macedonian shield, around M. METELLVS Q. F., all within a laurel wreath. 3.70g. FFC.204. Banker's punch. Limited. BC / BC +. Ex Pliego [ATTACH=full]1116949[/ATTACH] Q. Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio Denarius, 19mm 3.74g. (h). Africa, 47-46 BC. Obv: Laureate head of Jupiter right; Q METEL before, PIVS behind. Rx: Elephant walking right, SCIPIO above, IMP in exergue. Crawford 459/1. Sydenham 1046. RSC Caecilia 47. Sear, Imperators 45 Ex Savoca After L. Caecilius Metellus' victory over Hasdrubal at Panormus and the capture of one of the Carthaginians' elephants, that beast became as a heraldic symbol to the gens Caecilia. It is ironic then that displayed on this coin it should be so reminiscent of Caesar's own earlier issue bearing an elephant on the reverse[/QUOTE]
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