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C. Considius Paetus AR Denarius. Rome, 46 BC. Laureate head of Apollo right; A behind / Curule chair on which lies wreath; C•CONSIDI above, PAET[I] in exergue. Crawford 465/2a; RSC 2. 3.73g, 18mm, 2h.
Good Very Fine.
From a private European collection.
Caesar accumulated swathes of offices, titles and privileges in his rise to dominance, establishing a precedent that was to endure throughout the Imperial Period. The Senate, eager to display their support and competing to outdo each other, voted him more and greater honours. The combination of these allowed him to exercise extreme control but to do so in ways which could be construed at least as Republican and constitutional, and therefore 'legitimate'.
When he returned from Africa after having defeated the Pompeians at the Battle of Thapsus, the Senate voted Caesar the grandest privileges and titles yet. Cassius Dio enumerates these: for instance, forty days of sacrifices in thanksgiving for his victory; that he should have the power to appoint magistrates and whatever honours were typically assigned by votes of the people; and what this coin commemorates: that he should sit in the Senate house between the Consuls on a so called 'curule chair', the chairs reserved for the acting Consuls – the most important seat, with the honour too of giving his opinion first in the debates of the house (Cassius Dio 43.14).
Good Very Fine.
From a private European collection.
Caesar accumulated swathes of offices, titles and privileges in his rise to dominance, establishing a precedent that was to endure throughout the Imperial Period. The Senate, eager to display their support and competing to outdo each other, voted him more and greater honours. The combination of these allowed him to exercise extreme control but to do so in ways which could be construed at least as Republican and constitutional, and therefore 'legitimate'.
When he returned from Africa after having defeated the Pompeians at the Battle of Thapsus, the Senate voted Caesar the grandest privileges and titles yet. Cassius Dio enumerates these: for instance, forty days of sacrifices in thanksgiving for his victory; that he should have the power to appoint magistrates and whatever honours were typically assigned by votes of the people; and what this coin commemorates: that he should sit in the Senate house between the Consuls on a so called 'curule chair', the chairs reserved for the acting Consuls – the most important seat, with the honour too of giving his opinion first in the debates of the house (Cassius Dio 43.14).