A pair of attractive portraits.Įx Thomas A. Iridescent toning over lustrous surfaces. RIC I 8 Lyon 162 (unlisted dies) RSC 4 (Caligula and Agrippina Senior) BMCRE 8 BN 12-13 Mazzini 4 (Agrippina and Caligula). , bare head of Gaius (Caligula) right / AGRIPPINA.4) – Gaius (Caligula), with Agrippina Senior. The term 'penny' is from the 1611 King James translation of the Bible, and was adopted since the penny was the standard denomination of the time. It was also the most common imperial-issue coin circulating in the region at the time. Although there are two other reverse types on the denarii of Tiberius, those were only issued during the first two years of his reign, while the Pax reverse was employed throughout the remainder, making it the more likely coin referred to. The denarius of Tiberius with Pax reverse is commonly known as the 'Tribute Penny,' the coin to which Jesus referred when he was discussing the payment of taxes to the Romans: "render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's" (Mark 12:17). Deeply toned, minor metal flaw, light deposits on reverse. TI CAESAR DIVI AVGVSTVS, Laureate head right, one ribbon on shoulder / PONTIF MAXIM, Livia (as Pax) seated right on chair, no footstool, holding spear and olive branch ornate chair legs, three lines below throne. Adding the cornucopia, or horn of plenty, to the back of the capricorn symbolizes the prosperity brought about by the emperor. In order to legitimize their own claims, his successors periodically employed the capricorn imagery on their own coinage. Seeing this as a sign of his great destiny, Augustus associated the symbol closely with himself by striking it on coins and incorporating it into numerous works of art, so that it became a standard part of the imperial iconography. Superb portrait.Īccording to Suetonius, Augustus had been born while the moon was in the sign of Capricorn. Bare head right / AVGVSTVS below, capricorn right, holding globe attached to rudder between front hooves cornucopia above its back. Uncertain Spanish mint (Colonia Patricia?). Mussidius Pollianus, was a senator under the new regime in the first century AD. ![]() Apparently, such a move benefitted the gens Mussidia. In 42 BC, as the Second Triumvirate was defeating Caesar’s assassins, Mussidius oversaw the striking of this denarius of the now-deceased and soon to be deified dictator, a clear nod to the Caesarian cause. As such, he would have allied himself to any potential long-term power base. His nomen Mussidius indicates that he was a novus homo, or up-and-coming man with no long family pedigree. Lucius Mussidius Longus, a moneyer with an otherwise unknown cursus honorum. Laureate head right / Rudder, cornucopia on globe, winged caduceus, and apex L Featuring twelve (12) exceptional AR Denarii. A complete set of the Twelve Caesars in Silver.
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