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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 5296877, member: 51347&quot;]Great coins, [USER=75937]@Roman Collector[/USER] !&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>LOL, I always chuckle when I see them hold the Pileus like a filled doggy bag.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>It needs to be EMBRACED!</p><p><br /></p><p><b>LIBERTAS</b></p><p><br /></p><p>This guy expressed it against the Tyrant</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1222921[/ATTACH]</p><p>Roman Republic</p><p>GAIUS CASSIUS LONGINUS &amp; PUBLIUS CORNELIUS LENTULUS SPINTHER </p><p>AR silver denarius. </p><p>Struck circa 42 BC, at a mobile military mint moving with Brutus &amp; Cassius, probably located in Smyrna. </p><p>C CASSI IMP LEIBERTAS, veiled &amp; draped bust of Libertas right. </p><p>Reverse - LENTVLVS SPINT, jug &amp; lituus. 18mm, 3.3g.</p><p>Ex: Incitis </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This coin and its interesting iconography on the reverse has me intrigued. WHY would someone depict ROMA stepping on a severed WOLF&#039;s HEAD? PILEUS has a real meaning...</p><p>Cool story, very truncated: The moneyer&#039;s family were originally a plebeian family of equestrian rank and were Samnites. After the Social War, a part of the family moved to Rome, with a couple becoming Senators. However, one of the Senators was expelled, and also disowned his Senator Son. &#039;No one has a satisfactory reason for this scene...&#039;&nbsp; </p><p>Hmmm... I wonder, this guy came from a Rebel Family (Samnites), who were virtually exterminated after the Social War by Sulla. I think Roma stepping on a Wolf&#039;s severed head might say something... <i>LOL, GO SAMNIUM!&quot;</i></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/upload_2020-4-7_10-18-11-png.1097778/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Roman Republic </p><p>Cn. Egnatius Cn.f. Cn.n. Maxsumus</p><p>AR Denarius </p><p>3.8g, 17mm, Rome mint</p><p>76 BCE </p><p>Bust Libertas, pileus behind- </p><p>Roma Venus standing, cupid on shoulder, Roma foot on Wolf Head </p><p>S 326 Craw 391-3[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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