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Message:: [QUOTE="Bill57, post: 6686729, member: 115939"][ATTACH=full]1269934[/ATTACH]Reign  A. Licinius Nerva 47 BC., Roman Republic, Imperatorial Period (family Licinia)Denomination  AR DenariusDate Struck  47 BC.Mint  RomeObverse  Laureate head of Fides right, FIDES before, NERVA behindReverse  Horseman galloping right dragging naked warrior by the hair, who holds shield and sword, III• •VIR across fields, A LICINI in exWeight  3.95 gramsDiameter  18/17 mmReference  Crawford 454/1; Sydenham 954; Licinia 24Grade  Very fine, rare; defect of the flan on reverse: some homogeneous  excess of metal.CommentsAulus Licinius Nerva (moneyer) issues of Imperatorial Rome, dictatorship of Julius Caesar. "III VIR" from the reverse is an abbreviation for the moneyer's title "viri aere argento auro flando feriundo", three men responsible for the casting and striking of bronze, silver and gold coins. Aulus Licinius Nerva was appointed by Julius Caesar and member of the "monetarii triumviraat" - Aulus Licinius Nerva, Antius Restio and Lucius Plautius Plancus. They were responsible for the coinage during Caesar′s extended stay in the East, which took place in temple of Juno Moneta on the Capitoline Hill. The reverse probably refers to an ancestor of this moneyer, Aulus Licinius Nerva, who defeated the Macedonians in 143-142 BC. . He had only one arm (see the horseman on the reverse).[/QUOTE]