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C. Antius C.f. Restio, 47 BC. Denarius (Silver, 19 mm, 3.40 g, 3 h), Rome. RESTIO Bare head of C. Antius Restio to right. Rev. C · ANTIVS C · F Hercules walking right, holding club in right hand and trophy in left. Babelon (Antia) 1. Crawford 455/1a. CRI 34. Sydenham 970. Fields harshly smoothed, otherwise, about very fine.
From the W. F. Stoecklin Collection, Amriswil, Switzerland, acquired from X&F. Calicó, Barcelona, in 1956.
C. Antius Restio was a tribune who passed a sumptuary law regulating the costs of entertainments in 68 BC; for this he was forced to flee Rome by angry aristocrats. The moneyer of this coin was his son, and was proscribed by the triumvirs in 43 BC but managed to escape to Sicily with the help of one of his slaves.
From the W. F. Stoecklin Collection, Amriswil, Switzerland, acquired from X&F. Calicó, Barcelona, in 1956.
C. Antius Restio was a tribune who passed a sumptuary law regulating the costs of entertainments in 68 BC; for this he was forced to flee Rome by angry aristocrats. The moneyer of this coin was his son, and was proscribed by the triumvirs in 43 BC but managed to escape to Sicily with the help of one of his slaves.