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The Collection of Roman Republican Coins of a Student and his Mentor Part III

C. Vibius Varus. Aureus 42, AV 8.06 g. Bust of Roma l., wearing helmet with a plume on each side, holding spear in r. hand and shield in l. over shoulder. Rev. C·VIBIVS – VARVS Winged Nemesis standing r., raising fold of dress with r. hand. Babelon Vibia 25. Bahrfeldt 37.7 (this coin). Sear Imperators 191. Calicó 32 (this coin). Biaggi 21 (this coin). RBW –. Crawford 494/35.
Extremely rare, only nine specimens known of which only four are in private hands.
An appealing example of this desirable coin.
Minor edge mark, otherwise good very fine
Ex Hirsch XVIII, 1907, Himhoof-Blummer, 462; Hess 11 March 1912, Graf Tolstoi, 1182; Schulman 1923, Vierordt, 432 and NAC 31, 2005, 9 sales. From the Biaggi collectionHardly a more explicit coin type could have been struck in 42 B.C. for the leaders of the Caesarean party, who were in the midst of final preparations for the war against Brutus and Cassius. Roma is shown on the obverse in a state of battle- readiness, as if already marching off to war. The reverse depicts Nemesis in her only appearance on Republican coinage as a reflection of the Caesarean desire to exact righteous revenge upon the murderers of Julius Caesar.Throughout the spring of 42 B.C. Brutus and Cassius campaigned in the East, finally meeting at Sardes in the summer before departing for Greece. Antony and Octavian traveled from Italy to Greece to confront them, with battle lines being drawn in the fall. The armies clashed at Phillipi in two great battles in October. The Caesareans emerged victorious as Brutus and Cassius, in response to presumed defeat, both committed suicide. Octavian's legacy was now sealed, though he would still require slightly more than a decade to eliminate Antony, Lepidus and the remnants of the Pompeian party.