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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;red_spork, post: 3038365, member: 74282&quot;]A Roman Republic moneyer also used the murex-shell on his denarii. His family&#039;s cognomen of Purpurio, similar to the Latin word for purple &quot;Purpura&quot;, was granted after an ancestor wore the purple as he triumphed at the end of the Second Punic War.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]758030[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Roman Republic AR Denarius(18.8 mm, 3.99 g, 12 h), Furius Purpurio, moneyer, circa 169-158 B.C. Rome mint. Helmeted head of Roma right; behind, X. Border of dots / Luna in biga right, holding reins of nearer horse in left hand and reins of further horse and goad in right hand; above, murex-shell; below, PVR; in linear frame, ROMA. Line border. Crawford 187/1; Sydenham 424; BMCRR Italy 420; Babelon Furia 13; Russo RBW 797.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ex RBW Collection, ex Crédit Suisse 5, 4/18/86, lot 246[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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