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Cn. Egnatius Cn. f. Cn. n. Maxsumus AR Denarius. Rome, 75 BC. Draped bust of Libertas to right, wearing diadem; pileus and [MAXS]VMVS downwards behind / Roma and Venus standing facing, each holding staff in right hand, while Roma holds sword in left hand and places foot on wolf's head, and Venus has Cupid about to alight on her shoulder, flanked by rudder standing on prow to outer left and right; [C]•EGNATIVS•CN•F below, CN•N upwards to right, [control mark in left field]. Crawford 391/3; BMCRR 3285; RSC Egnatia 2. 3.58g, 19mm, 3h.
Very Fine; beautifully toned.
From a private UK collection.
The gens Egnatia was a plebeian family of equestrian rank in the tribe of Stellatina. Originally of Samnite origin, the Egnatii appear to have been established at Teanum. Following the conclusion of the Social War, a branch of the family moved to Rome, where two of them were admitted into the Senate. The moneyer responsible for this coin, one Gnaeus Engatius, is virtually unknown but believed to be the same as that mentioned in Quintillian (Institutio Oratoria, 5.13.33) who was expelled from the Senate by the censors, and who at the same time disinherited his son, the son being retained in the Senate. No satisfactory explanation of the types of Egnatius' coinage has been proposed, but Venus and Libertas are the common theme.
Very Fine; beautifully toned.
From a private UK collection.
The gens Egnatia was a plebeian family of equestrian rank in the tribe of Stellatina. Originally of Samnite origin, the Egnatii appear to have been established at Teanum. Following the conclusion of the Social War, a branch of the family moved to Rome, where two of them were admitted into the Senate. The moneyer responsible for this coin, one Gnaeus Engatius, is virtually unknown but believed to be the same as that mentioned in Quintillian (Institutio Oratoria, 5.13.33) who was expelled from the Senate by the censors, and who at the same time disinherited his son, the son being retained in the Senate. No satisfactory explanation of the types of Egnatius' coinage has been proposed, but Venus and Libertas are the common theme.