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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 8219988, member: 110350&quot;]I think the implication of both Sear and Crawford is that the balance represents the large mintage of the type (approximately 600 different dies for each side according to Crawford*), necessitated by Caesar&#039;s needs for paying the military at the time of his quadruple triumph (5,000 denarii per soldier and 10,000 per centurion). The fact that the balance is held by Venus, as stated by Crawford (see above), “perhaps suggests that the coinage of Mn. Cordius Rufus is in the <i>tutela</i> [guardianship] of Venus and is hence a further compliment to Caesar” given Venus&#039;s association with Caesar.</p><p><br /></p><p>*Given the usual estimate of 10,000 coins per die, that would mean a total of 6,000,000 denarii minted of this type alone, never mind the other denarii issued by this moneyer in 46 BCE.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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