Roma Numismatics Ltd
Auction XVIII 29 Sep 2019
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Augustus AR Denarius. M. Sanquinius, moneyer. Rome, 17 BC. M SANQVI NIVS III VIR, youthful laureate head of deified Julius Caesar right, above, a comet with four rays and a tail / AVGVST DI VI F LVDOS SAE, Herald standing left, wearing long robe reaching to ankles and helmet with two long feathers, and holding winged caduceus upright in right hand and round shield, ornamented with six-pointed star. RIC 340; BMCRE 70; BN 273-6; RSC (Julius Caesar) 6. 3.85g, 19mm, 7h.
Extremely Fine. Rare.
Acquired from Heritage World Coin Auctions.
The gens Sanquinia was a minor plebeian family, possible of Etruscan origins (Syme, Prefects of the City, Vespasian to Trajan, Roman Papers, vol. V, p. 619 note 63) that rose from obscurity in the reign of Augustus to attain the highest offices of state. Quintus Sanquinius Q. f. Q. n., the moneyer responsible for this pseudo-Republican denarius that celebrates the holding of the Secular Games, was likely the son of the Quintus Sanquinius Q. f. who was quaestor, tribune of the plebs, praetor, and proconsul towards the end of the Republic and in the early years of Augustus' reign. He was probably also the uncle of the Quintus Sanquinius M. f. Q. n. Maximus who held the consulship under Tiberius and Caligula. There appears to have been only one branch of this family, since all mentions of it occur in only this one brief period, after which, in the time of Claudius, it vanishes from history.
Extremely Fine. Rare.
Acquired from Heritage World Coin Auctions.
The gens Sanquinia was a minor plebeian family, possible of Etruscan origins (Syme, Prefects of the City, Vespasian to Trajan, Roman Papers, vol. V, p. 619 note 63) that rose from obscurity in the reign of Augustus to attain the highest offices of state. Quintus Sanquinius Q. f. Q. n., the moneyer responsible for this pseudo-Republican denarius that celebrates the holding of the Secular Games, was likely the son of the Quintus Sanquinius Q. f. who was quaestor, tribune of the plebs, praetor, and proconsul towards the end of the Republic and in the early years of Augustus' reign. He was probably also the uncle of the Quintus Sanquinius M. f. Q. n. Maximus who held the consulship under Tiberius and Caligula. There appears to have been only one branch of this family, since all mentions of it occur in only this one brief period, after which, in the time of Claudius, it vanishes from history.