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Roman Denarius BC - Currency Numismatics,
Denarius
Ti. Claudius Ti.f. Ap.n Nero 79 BC
The obverse is a head of the goddess Diana with a bow and quiver (her attributes) over her shoulder. S.C. on the obverse declares that the coin was issued by decree of the Senate (Senatus Consulto). This identifies the coin as a special issue rather than the regular coinage for that year. Times of war or other large public expenditures required extra issues of coins. The reverse shows a winged Victory driving a biga of horses. In the field below the horses is the control A.IIII marking the position of this coin in two series (with and without the A) with numerals running over 170. The horses run over a ground line below which is an area of the coin surface termed the exergue. Here the moneyer's name appears in two lines in exergue: TI CLAVD TI F // AP N abbreviating TIberius CLAVDius TIberii Filius (son of Tiberius) APpii Nepos (grandson of Appius). Some letters (VD and AP) are joined to form Ligatures. Ligate letters are common on Republican coins. The edge of this coin is Serrate or individually notched on the flan before striking. Serrate edges were fashionable for many issues of Republican denarii but there has never been a fully satisfactory explanation of why this was done. There have been several suggestions but most have been disproven by later studies. Most popular is the belief that it was done to prove the coin was solid silver but plated serrati are not rare. If this was the intent, it did not work.
The obverse is a head of the goddess Diana with a bow and quiver (her attributes) over her shoulder. S.C. on the obverse declares that the coin was issued by decree of the Senate (Senatus Consulto). This identifies the coin as a special issue rather than the regular coinage for that year. Times of war or other large public expenditures required extra issues of coins. The reverse shows a winged Victory driving a biga of horses. In the field below the horses is the control A.IIII marking the position of this coin in two series (with and without the A) with numerals running over 170. The horses run over a ground line below which is an area of the coin surface termed the exergue. Here the moneyer's name appears in two lines in exergue: TI CLAVD TI F // AP N abbreviating TIberius CLAVDius TIberii Filius (son of Tiberius) APpii Nepos (grandson of Appius). Some letters (VD and AP) are joined to form Ligatures. Ligate letters are common on Republican coins. The edge of this coin is Serrate or individually notched on the flan before striking. Serrate edges were fashionable for many issues of Republican denarii but there has never been a fully satisfactory explanation of why this was done. There have been several suggestions but most have been disproven by later studies. Most popular is the belief that it was done to prove the coin was solid silver but plated serrati are not rare. If this was the intent, it did not work.
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