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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |Roman Republic| > |after 50 B.C.| > RR99591
Roman Republic, Dictatorship of Julius Caesar, C. Vibius C. f. C. n. Pansa Caetronianus, c. 48 B.C.
|after| |50| |B.C.|, |Roman| |Republic,| |Dictatorship| |of| |Julius| |Caesar,| |C.| |Vibius| |C.| |f.| |C.| |n.| |Pansa| |Caetronianus,| |c.| |48| |B.C.|, The events of 48 B.C. are among the best known of ancient history. Caesar defeated Pompey at Pharsalus and later was greeted at Alexandria with a gift of Pompey's head. The twenty-one year old Cleopatra VII had herself delivered to him rolled in a carpet and became his mistress. Caesar and Cleopatra defeated Ptolemy XIII, but during the battle the Library of Alexandria was burned.
RR99591. Silver denarius, Crawford 449/2, Sydenham 946, BMCRR Rome 3976, RSC I Vibia 16, SRCV I 421, Sear CRI 21, gVF, uneven strike with weak areas, tight oval flan, uneven toning, Rome mint, weight 3.757g, maximum diameter 18.9mm, die axis 90o, c. 48 BC; obverse head of young Bacchus right, wearing ivy-wreath, PANSA downwards behind; reverse C•VIBIVS C•F•C•N counterclockwise behind, Ceres walking right, wreathed in grain, draped, extending a lit torch in each hand, searching for her daughter Proserpina, who had been abducted by Hades and taken to the underworld, idle plow before her; ex Roma Numismatics e-sale 95 (13 Apr 2022), lot 852; ex Z.P. Collection (Austria); SOLD



  






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Bernhart, M. "Dionysos und seine Familie auf griechischen Münzen" in JNG I (1949).


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