AR Denarius ROMAN REPUBLIC - QUINTUS FUFIUS CALENUS & PUBLIUS MUCIUS SCAEVOLA CORDUS - serratus , Rome cf. NAC auction 143, Zürich 7 May 2024, Lot 241 (in unc- : SFR 3.750 + 22,5%)
cf. NAC auction 143, Zürich 7 May 2024, Lot 241 (in unc- : SFR 3.750 + 22,5%) | Abkürzungen
20,00 mm
weight 3,88gr. | silver Ø 20mm. obv. Conjoined heads of Honos and Virtus right, the former laureate, the latter helmeted, HO behind, VIRT (RT ligatured) before, KALENI below rev. Italia standing right, holding cornucopiae, clasping hands with Roma standing left, holding fasces, right foot placed on globe, caduceus above ITAL-monogram in field to left, RO in field to right, CORDI in exergue
Quintus Fufius Calenus (died 40 BC) was a Roman general, and consul in 47 BC. Already in 70 he held office as monetalis of Rome, together with Pulius Municius Scaevola Cordus. As tribune of the plebeians in 61 BC, he was chiefly instrumental in securing the acquittal of the notorious Publius Clodius when charged with having profaned the mysteries of Bona Dea (Cicero, Ad. Att. 1.16). In 59 BC Calenus was praetor, and brought forward a law that the senators, knights, and tribuni aerarii, who composed the judices, should vote separately, so that it might be known how they gave their votes (Cassius Dio xxxviii. 8). He fought in Gaul (51 BC) and Spain (49 BC) under Julius Caesar, who, after he had crossed over to Greece (48 BC), sent Calenus from Epirus to bring over the rest of the troops from Italy. On the passage to Italy, most of the ships were captured by Bibulus and Calenus himself escaped with difficulty. In 47 BC, he was raised to the consulship through the influence of Caesar. After the death of the dictator, he joined Marcus Antonius, for whom he commanded eleven legions in the north of Italy. Calenus died in 40 BC, while stationed with his army at the foot of the Alps, just as he was on the point of marching against Octavianus but Calenus′ son handed over the legions to the future emperor.
The gens Mucia was an ancient and noble patrician house at ancient Rome of Tuscan origin. The gens is first mentioned at the earliest period of the Republic, but in later times the family was known primarily by its plebeian branches. The first of the Mucii to appear in history is Caius Mucius Scaevola, a young man at the inception of the Roman Republic. According to legend, he volunteered to infiltrate the camp of Lars Porsena, the king of Clusium, who besieged Rome circa 508 BC, and who may in fact have captured and held the city for some time. Mucius, armed with a dagger, attempted to assassinate Porsena, but unfamiliar with Etruscan dress, he mistook the king′s secretary for the king, and was captured. Brought before the king, Mucius declared that he was but one of three hundred Roman men who had sworn to carry out this mission, or die in the attempt. As a show of bravery, it was said that he thrust his right hand into a brazier, and stood silently as it burned. Porsena was so impressed by his courage and endurance that Mucius was freed, and some traditions held that Porsena withdrew his army in fear of the threat of assassination invented by the young Roman. Due to this event, the major family of the Mucii, originally with the cognomen Cordus, bore the extra cognomen Scaevola (the left handed).
This silver denarius was minted in Rome by Quintus Fufius Calenus and Publius Mucius Scaevola Cordus in 70 BC. It is a type known as a denarius serratus, due to its serrated edge. The reverse depicts Italia (Italy) on the left and Roma (Rome) on the right. Italia holds a cornucopia, behind her a caduceus. Roma holds fasces and rests her foot on a globe. Inscriptions identify the goddesses and one moneyer. The domination of Rome is symbolised by the fasces, rods used in judicial matters, and the globe. Current propaganda is carried out with the coinage In the previous year Pompeius had victoriously ended the Sertorius War and the Spartacus uprising In 70 he held his first consulate, in which the census began with the registration of all new Italian citizens, thus finally settling the Social War.
Very rare this nice. An amazing coin.....cf. NAC auction 143, Zürich 7 May 2024, Lot 241 (in unc- : SFR 3.750 + 22,5%)Sear 338 | Crawford 403-1 | Sydenham797 | Albert 1305R Uncirculated lustrous coin of fine style with excellent details. Mint state. fdc
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