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Moneyer issues of Imperatorial Rome. C. Vibius C.f. C.n. Pansa Caetronianus. 48 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.82 g, 12h). Rome mint. Mask of Pan right / Jupiter Axurus seated left, holding patera and scepter. Crawford 449/1a; CRI 20; Sydenham 947; Vibia 18; Type as RBW 1571. Good VF, lightly toned, minor deposits, struck slightly off center.
From the Andrew McCabe Collection, purchased from Sphinx Numismatics, 2010.
Jupiter Axurus is a local god from Terracina, southeast of Rome. A key attribute of this portrayal of Jupiter is that he is shown as a young man, as seen for example on the obverse of the Crepusius issue, RRC 361, and that on seated statues he is shown leaning forward. Professor T.V. Buttrey has researched this extensively as part of his work on the issue of Crepusius. On a visit to Terracina, he noted the remnants of a statue that had not been positively identified, where the torso was evidently leaning forward in the same manner as on this coin, which probably takes after that very statue. [Andrew McCabe]
From the Andrew McCabe Collection, purchased from Sphinx Numismatics, 2010.
Jupiter Axurus is a local god from Terracina, southeast of Rome. A key attribute of this portrayal of Jupiter is that he is shown as a young man, as seen for example on the obverse of the Crepusius issue, RRC 361, and that on seated statues he is shown leaning forward. Professor T.V. Buttrey has researched this extensively as part of his work on the issue of Crepusius. On a visit to Terracina, he noted the remnants of a statue that had not been positively identified, where the torso was evidently leaning forward in the same manner as on this coin, which probably takes after that very statue. [Andrew McCabe]