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ROMAN REPUBLIC ~ IMPERATORIAL PERIOD
ANCIENT COINAGE
Issues of Imperatorial Rome
C. Vibius C.f. C.n. Pansa Caetronianus
Minted
48 BC ~ Year Caesar Defeats Pompey the Great
Time of Julius Caesar~Struck during his Rule
49 BC Caesar crosses the Rubicon. Civil war between Caesar and Pompey
begins.
49 BC Julius Caesar besieges Massilia.
49 BC Julius Caesar captures Brundisium in southern Italy.
48 BC Caesar defeats Pompey (battle of Pharsalus); Pompey flees to Egypt
and is killed by courtiers of Ptolemy XIII.
48 BC Caesar arrives in Egypt and orders Ptolemy XIII and Cleopatra VII
to disband their armies, but instead, war breaks out.
23 Jun 47 BC Birth of Cleopatra's son, named Caesarion; Caesar is said
to be the father.
46 BC Julius Caesar celebrates a triple triumph in Rome.
45 BC Caesar annihilated the opposition in Farther Spain, returns to
Rome. Announced his nephew
Octavian as his heir.
44 BC Assassinated~by conspiracy of 23 Roman senators led by Gaius
Cassius Longinus, Decimus Junius Brutus, & Marcus Junius Brutus,
stabbed Julius Caesar at a location near the Theatre of Pompey on the
Ides of March, 44 BC.
Rome Mint. Struck 48 BC. Silver Denarius. 18mm. 3.51g.
Obverse:
Mask of Pan right, PANSA below.
Reverse: C•VIBIVS•C•F•C•N IOVIS•AXVR around AXVR, Jupiter Axurus (or Anxurus) seated to left, holding patera and sceptre.
The obverse depiction of Pan is a punning allusion to the cognomen Pansa. Gaius Vibius Pansa Caetronianus was tribune in 51 BC and supported Gaius Julius Caesar in the civil war. After Caesar's assassination, however, he became one of the leading proponents for the return of the Republic, and was elected consul in 43 BC, with Aulus Hirtius. The two took command of the senatorial legions, marching north to engage Mark Antony, now an enemy of the Roman Senate. On April 14, 43 BC, the two forces clashed at the Battle of Forum Gallorum. Although the Senate's forces proved victorious, Hirtius was killed in battle and Pansa was wounded and died a few days later.
Scarce. Ref. . Crawford 449/1a; CRI 20; Sydenham 947; Vibia 18. XF, bright silver.
XF. bright untoned silver.
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