Good Evening,
Top Right"
Roman Republic, C. Clodius
Vestalis - The
Vestal Virgins
This coin was struck by
Caius Clodius, who fought under
Brutus, monetary quatuovir in 43 BC. The
head of
Flora recalls the fetes instituted by Clodius Certho in 240 BC, which were probably made annual in 173 BC by C. Servilius, whose son struck coins in 74-50 BC with the
legend C SERVEIL C F
FLORAL PRIMVS (see lot 484). The
type of the
Vestal recalls either Quinta
Claudia (c. 212 BC), who, when a ship laden with things sacred to
Cybele struck in the shallows of the
Tiber, called upon the goddess to vindicate her innocence, and drew the vessel safe to
shore; or the
Vestal Virgin
Claudia (143 BC) who, when her father Appius
Claudius Pulcher resolved to have a triumph contrary to the will of the people, walked by
his chariot to the Capitol, so that it might not be lawful for any of the tribunes to interfere and forbid it.
C. Clodius
Vestalis AR
Denarius.
Rome, 41 BC. Laureate, draped
bust of
Flora right; lily at shoulder; C•CLODIVS C•F• around / Veiled
Vestal Virgin seated left, holding a two-handled
bowl;
VESTALIS to left.
Crawford 512/2;
Sydenham 1135. 3.88g, 19mm, 7h.
The coin lower left, appears to be a
denarius of
Octavian. Similar to this one:
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~yaleart/objects/coins/capta/In the example above, though
Octavian is facing right not left like yours
Hope this helps
