ROMAN REPUBLIC
C. Norbanus
Moneyer, 83 BCAR Denarius. 3.64g, 20.2mm
MINTED: Rome mint, 83 BC
REF: Crawford 357/1b; Sydenham 739
OBVERSE: C.NORBANVS, Diademed head of Venus to right, wearing earring and pearl necklace; IXXXT behind head.REVERSE: C.NORBANVS, Diademed head of Venus to right, wearing earring and pearl necklace; IXXXT behind head. R: Ear of wheat, fasces bound with an axe, and caduceus.
Provenance:
Reportedly from the E.J. Haeberlin Collection, but not in the 1933 catalogue; ex Obolos 4, 21 Feb 2016, lot 481
Notes:
Nicely Toned. Some light scratches on obverse and graffito in reverse field.
Historical Notes:
The moneyer was the son of C. Norbanus, consul of 83 BC, who sided with Marius against Sulla during the civil war between the two and ended up commiting suicide to avoid being handed over to Sulla.
The fasces depicted on the coin was a symbol of the imperium, or power and authority, of a Roman magistrate, and was made up of a bundle of wooden rods bound with the blade of an axe, and was possibly a reference to the moneyer's father holding the office of consul that year.
ROMAN REPUBLIC . C Norbanus, 83 BC . Denarius . Son of the Consul
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