Roman Denarius Coin

Inv. No.: c043
Provenance: Manius Aquillius
Date: c. 68 B.C.
 
Obv.: Virtus, wearing crested helmet with side-feathers.
IIIVIR VIRTVS

Rev.: Manius Aquillius, shield in hand, raising kneeling figure of Sicily.
MN.F.MN.N.MN.AQVIL.SICIL.

The obverse provides the first instance of a moneyer recording on his coins his office of triumvir of the mint. The reverse alludes to the Sicilian Slave War conducted by the consul Mn. Aquillius, probably a grandfather of the moneyer, in 101 B.C. His success was rewarded with a triumph on his return to Rome.

Comparanda:
S 798.