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Marcos M

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Seneca
« on: April 13, 2017, 10:56:24 am »
Hi,

Is there roman coins with Seneca face? I know he wasn't an emperor, but, as Nerone preceptor, he was a very powerful man in Rome.

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Re: Seneca
« Reply #1 on: April 13, 2017, 11:17:06 am »
A life-portrait on a Roman imperial coin, or even on a provincial issue, typically portrays only an emperor or caesar or his chosen family; a figure like Augustus' appalling friend Vedius Pollio * is one rare, egregious exception. Although Seneca did finally fall victim to Nero, it was not for the sort of outlandish bad judgment it would take to show up as a coin-subject.

   *[BROKEN LINK REMOVED BY ADMIN]; another early exception, Asinius Gallus, at http://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=192498.
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Re: Seneca
« Reply #2 on: April 13, 2017, 11:51:03 am »
Hi,

Thank you very much!

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Re: Seneca
« Reply #3 on: April 13, 2017, 12:56:23 pm »
Cicero (Jr.) may also show up on a coin in his lifetime, but that's an ambiguous instance:

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=65128.0
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Re: Seneca
« Reply #4 on: April 13, 2017, 03:27:38 pm »
Thank you very much!

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