Roma Numismatics Ltd
Auction XXV 22-23 Sep 2022
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C. Vibius C. f. Pansa AR Denarius. Rome, 90 BC. Laureate head of Apollo to right; control mark below chin, PANSA behind / Ceres advancing to right, holding lit torch in each hand, pig at feet to right; C•VIBIVS•C•F downwards to left. Crawford 342/3b; BMCRE 2239; RSC Vibia 6. 4.12g, 19mm, 9h.
Extremely Fine; minor obv. die break, a portrait of fine style.
Ex Scipio Collection;
Ex José A. Herrero, 10 October 2002, lot 299.
The reverse of this coin illustrates the goddess Ceres seeking the path by which her daughter Proserpina was taken down to Hades. The cult of Ceres and Proserpina was of the greatest importance in Southern Italy, and given that this gens is reputed to have come from Bruttium it is therefore not unexpected that Ceres should figure prominently on its coinage.
Extremely Fine; minor obv. die break, a portrait of fine style.
Ex Scipio Collection;
Ex José A. Herrero, 10 October 2002, lot 299.
The reverse of this coin illustrates the goddess Ceres seeking the path by which her daughter Proserpina was taken down to Hades. The cult of Ceres and Proserpina was of the greatest importance in Southern Italy, and given that this gens is reputed to have come from Bruttium it is therefore not unexpected that Ceres should figure prominently on its coinage.