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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sulla80, post: 4939195, member: 99456&quot;]Back to the Roman republic, this is the first coin that I have with full obverse bust of Vulcan.&nbsp; I admit, that &quot;dancing chicken&quot; was not the intent of the moneyer, but it is what I see on the reverse of this coin.&nbsp; For a more sober interpretation - I will refer to Crawford who explains that the obverse of Vulcan and tongs is a reference to the coins of Lipara from the 3rd century.</p><p>Perhaps <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=170616" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=170616" rel="nofollow">this coin</a> from ACSearch (not my coin) is the type referenced?</p><p><img src="https://www.acsearch.info/media/images/archive/83/295/170616.s.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Islands off Sicily, Lipara. Head of Hephaestus / Tongs.</p><p><br /></p><p>The moneyers ancestor C. Aurelius Cotta was consul in 252 and during the first Punic War with Carthage, captured Lipara.&nbsp; The reverse is a reference to the triumph that he celebrated as a consequence.</p><p><br /></p><p>C. Aurelius Cotta is also shared by Frontinus as an example of a discipline strategy, punishing his relative for failure in leading an initial blockade against Lipara.</p><blockquote><p><br /></p><p>&quot;The same Cotta, when about to cross over to&nbsp; Messana to take the auspices afresh, placed in charge of the blockade of the Liparian Islands a ceremony Publius Aurelius, who was connected with him by ties of blood. But when Aurelius&#039;s line of works was burned and his camp captured, Cotta had him scourged with rods and ordered him to be reduced to the ranks and to perform the tasks of a common soldier.&quot;</p><p>- Sextus Julius Frontinus, Stratagems <a href="http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Frontinus/Strategemata/4*.html#1.31" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Frontinus/Strategemata/4*.html#1.31" rel="nofollow">IV 1.31</a></p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1187089[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Lucius Aurelius Cotta</b>, 105 BC, AR serrate denarius, Rome mint</p><p><b>Obv:</b> Draped bust of Vulcan right, wearing laureate pileus; tongs and <font size="6">*</font> behind; control mark &quot;X&quot; beforeall within wreath</p><p><b>Rev:</b> Eagle standing on thunderbolt, head left; R to right; all within laurel wreath</p><p><b>Ref: </b>Crawford <a href="http://numismatics.org/crro/id/rrc-314.1b" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/crro/id/rrc-314.1b" rel="nofollow">314/1b</a>; Sydenham 577a; Aurelia 21b</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Post coins that make you smile, coins of Vulcan, or anything else you find interesting or entertaining.</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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