Crawford 185/1, ROMAN REPUBLIC, VARO Series, AE As

Rome, The Republic.
VARO Series, 169-158 BCE.
AE As (32.05g; 32mm).
Rome Mint.

Obverse: Laureate head of Janus; I (mark of value) above.

Reverse: Prow facing right; VARO above; I (mark of value) before; ROMA below.

References: Crawford 185/1; Sydenham 364; BMCRR 542-4; Terentia 4.

Varro was a cognomen used by men in a branch of the Terentia gens. Crawford mentions that the moneyer of this coin may be Aulus Terentius Varro, one of ten legates sent by the Senate in 146 to assist the consul Lucius Mummius in reorganizing Greece under Roman rule. It was Mummius who burned Corinth, killed all the male citizens and sold the women and children into slavery as punishment for their uprising against Rome.

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