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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |Roman Republic| > |211-100 B.C.| > RR58779
Roman Republic, Anonymous, c. 189 - 179 B.C.
|211-100| |B.C.|, |Roman| |Republic,| |Anonymous,| |c.| |189| |-| |179| |B.C.|, In 184, Cato the Elder, champion of the ancient austere Roman way of life, began a puritanical campaign to preserve the mos majorum (ancestral custom) and combat Greek influence. He passed luxury taxes and strictly limited eligibility for the Senate. Quarrels among Greek cities and leagues increased the conviction in Rome that there will be no peace in Greece until Rome takes full control.
RR58779. Copper Sextans, Crawford 141/6, SRCV I 1247 ff. var. (symbol), aVF, Rome mint, weight 5.216g, maximum diameter 19.5mm, die axis 180o, c. 189 - 179 B.C.; obverse head of Mercury right in winged petasus, two pellets above; reverse prow of galley right, eagle perched on legionary standard and wreath above, two pellets before, ROMA below; rare; SOLD











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