ROMAN IMPERATORIAL. C. Vibius C.f. C.n. Pansa Caetronianus. 48 B.C. Fourrée denarius. 2.78 gm. 18 mm. Rome mint. Mask of Pan right; PANSA / Jupiter Auxurus seated left, head facing, holding patera and scepter; C · VIBIVS · C · F · C · N IOVIS · AXVR. Cf. CRI 20. Cf. Crawford 449/1a. Cf. Sydenham 947. Cf. RSC Vibia 18. Very Fine; well centered; light marks and a bit of core exposed in spots on obverse; particularly stylish bust of Pan and well struck and preserved reverse.

Ex Trausnitz Collection. Ex Künker FPL 108 (May 1994) lot 95.

Jupiter Auxurus was the protector of the moneyer's ancestral home of Anxur (modern Terracina), a town on the via Appia about 62 miles from Rome. His sanctuary there was a magnificent temple constructed "in opus incertum," a Roman building technique that randomly placed irregularly shaped and uncut stones into concrete.