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Roman Republican, Mn. Aquilius Mn f Mn, AR denarius 71 BC, Virtus/Manius Aquilius
Roman Republican, Mn. Aquilius Mn f Mn, AR denarius 71 BC, Virtus/Manius Aquilius
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Roman Republican, Roman Republic, Mn. Aquilius Mn f Mn, AR denarius, serrate, Rome 71 BC, Virtus facing right, helmeted/Manius Aquilius (consul in 101 BC), raising personification of Sicily. 20 mm, 3.84 g.
This coin depicts the moneyer's ancestor Manius Aquilius on the reverse, who was consul in 101 BC. He served during the Second Servile War, defeating an army of rebellious slaves in Sicily, and reportedly killing their leader Athenion personally in battle. His own death was no less dramatic, being captured by Mirthradates VI of Pontus during the First Mithradatic War, he was executed by having molten gold poured down his throat.
about EF, well centered on a broad flan, minor peripheral roughness on reverse, bright, lustrous metal.
Cr. 401/1
