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<p>[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 7658796, member: 85693"]I hope it doesn't have to be a mammal! </p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a Murex - a snail - or at least its shell. Tyrian purple is extracted from these guys, and it is on this denarius as a purple pun on the moneyer's name "Purpurio." One of my earliest ancients, I got this one in 1989, back when you had to do everything by mail and telegraph and mule train. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1316569[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Roman</b> <b>Republic Denarius</b></p><p><b>Furius Purpurio</b></p><p><b>(169-158 B.C.) </b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>Helmeted head of Roma right, X behind / Luna or Diana in biga right, murex shell above, PVR below, ROMA in exergue.</p><p>Crawford 187/1; Sydenham 424; Furia 13. </p><p>(3.76 grams / 19 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="4"><b>Comments</b></font></p><p>"The gens Furia, originally Fusia, was one of the most ancient and noble patrician houses at Rome. Its members held the highest offices of the State during the period of the Roman Republic. The first of the Furii to attain the consulship was Sextus Furius Medullinus in 488 BC.</p><p><br /></p><p>The murex is a tropical mollusc with a shell covered with spines used to extract Tyrian purple (reference to the name Purpurio), a very expensive purplish red dye used during antique times by to evoke an important social position."</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces53262.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces53262.html" rel="nofollow">https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces53262.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 7658796, member: 85693"]I hope it doesn't have to be a mammal! Here is a Murex - a snail - or at least its shell. Tyrian purple is extracted from these guys, and it is on this denarius as a purple pun on the moneyer's name "Purpurio." One of my earliest ancients, I got this one in 1989, back when you had to do everything by mail and telegraph and mule train. [ATTACH=full]1316569[/ATTACH] [B]Roman[/B] [B]Republic Denarius Furius Purpurio (169-158 B.C.) Rome Mint[/B] Helmeted head of Roma right, X behind / Luna or Diana in biga right, murex shell above, PVR below, ROMA in exergue. Crawford 187/1; Sydenham 424; Furia 13. (3.76 grams / 19 mm) [SIZE=4][B]Comments[/B][/SIZE] "The gens Furia, originally Fusia, was one of the most ancient and noble patrician houses at Rome. Its members held the highest offices of the State during the period of the Roman Republic. The first of the Furii to attain the consulship was Sextus Furius Medullinus in 488 BC. The murex is a tropical mollusc with a shell covered with spines used to extract Tyrian purple (reference to the name Purpurio), a very expensive purplish red dye used during antique times by to evoke an important social position." [URL]https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces53262.html[/URL][/QUOTE]
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