cf. NAC, auction 83, lot 477 (in vz SFR 5.000+ 19%) | Abkürzungen
aius Vibius Varus
19,00 mm
weight 3,93gr. | silver Ø 19mm.
obv. Bust of Minerva, with crested Corinthian helmet, right, wearing aegis. rev. Hercules standing facing, resting his right hand on club, set on ground, and holding lion′s skin over left arm, C•VIBIVS behind, VARVS in front
This coin was minted by the moneyer Caius Vibius Varus. Ancient sources about his personal history are silent. Like his colleagues, this moneyer’s aurei and denarii exhibit considerable variety, with two types in gold and three in silver. This attractive type honours Minerva and Hercules, alluding to the forthcoming struggle with the republican forces led by Brutus and Cassius. Minerva, the goddess of war, and the legendary hero Hercules are invoked as powerful allies of the Triumsvirs (Octavian, Marc Antony & Marcus Aemilius Lepidus) in their quest to avenge the murder of Caesar.
The gens Vibia was a plebeian family at ancient Rome. The nomen Vibius is a patronymic surname, derived from the praenomen Vibius, which must have belonged to an ancestor of the gens. The name is generally regarded as an Oscan praenomen, and it is found extensively in Campania, but it was also used in Latium, and appears at Rome from a very early period, being used by the patrician Sestii, and occasionally by members of several prominent plebeian families. The Vibian gens itself was probably Oscan. The cognomina of the Vibii under the Republic were Pansa and Varus, each of which occurs on coins. Both surnames derive from the physical characteristics of the persons to whom they originally applied Pansa translates as "splay-footed", while Varus is "knock-kneed". Although individuals named Vibius appear in history during the time of the Second Punic War, no members of this gens are found at Rome until the final century of the Republic. The first of the Vibii to obtain the consulship was Caius Vibius Pansa in 43 BC and Caius Vibius Varus in 42 BC.
cf. NAC, auction 83, lot 477 (in xf SFR 5.000 + 19%)
Crawford 494/38 | Sydenham 1140 | BMC 4303 | CRI.194 | Albert 1598 | Sear 498R Minor weakness, otherwise wonderful coin of fine style. Rare. xf-
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