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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |Roman Republic| > |99-50 B.C.| > RR74463
Roman Republic, Mn. Aquillius Mn. f. Mn. n., c. 71 B.C.
|99-50| |B.C.|, |Roman| |Republic,| |Mn.| |Aquillius| |Mn.| |f.| |Mn.| |n.,| |c.| |71| |B.C.|, Man. Aquillius (the moneyer's grandfather) was consul in 101 B.C. and sent as proconsul to end the second slave war in Sicily. He succeeded the next year and this coin type commemorates his valor (Virtus). Perhaps it is not just the moneyers ancestry that inspired this type; it was struck at the time of the famous slave war led by Spartacus. We can only speculate - was it minted before the defeat of Spartacus, when Rome was trembling, to inspire the valor required for victory; or was it minted after victory, to commemorate valor in both wars. It is also the first time the III VIR triumviral title appears on coinage.
RR74463. Silver denarius serratus, SRCV I 336, Sydenham 798, Crawford 401/1, RSC I Aquillia 2, VF/F, grainy, scratches, Rome mint, weight 3.825g, maximum diameter 19.7mm, die axis 180o, c. 71 B.C.; obverse helmeted and draped bust of Virtus right, III VIR (tresvir) behind, VIRTVS before; reverse Mn. Aquillius, consul 101 B.C., standing facing in military dress, head right, with right hand raising kneeling and slumped Sicilia, shield in left hand, MN AQVIL on right, MN F MN N on left, SICIL in exergue; SOLD










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