VALETVDINE - On a gold coin of the Antistia gens, struck by C. Antistius Vetus, moneyer of Augustus, with L. Mescinius |Rufus| and L. Vinicius in 16-15 BC. Obv. C ANTISTI VETVS IIIVIR, winged |bust| of Victory to right. Rev. PRO VALETVDINE CAESARIS S P Q R, veiled priest standing to left, sacrificing before an |altar| and holding a patera; an assistant at sacrifices is bringing him a bull.
Augustus was absent in Gaul during these years, and the vows of the senate and Roman people were offered for his health and safe return. Mescinia gens