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The Bellum Sociale. Denarius, mint moving with C. Paapius (in Campania?) circa 90, AR 19 mm, 3.65 g. Helmeted and draped bust of Mars r., bowl decorated with plume; behind, viteliú in Oscan characters. Rev. Oath-taking scene: four soldiers, two on each side, pointing their swords at pig held by kneeling youth; in exergue, c.paapii.c retrograde in Oscan characters. Sydenham 637. SNG Lockett 59 (this coin). Campana 83s (this coin). RBW 1225 (this coin). Historia Numorum Italy 425.
Rare and in exceptional condition for the issue. Struck on a full flan
and with a superb old cabinet tone. Extremely fine
Ex Naville V, 1923, British Museum duplicates 125; Glendining's 25 October 1957, Lockett, 45; Sotheby's 8 October 1992, 1160 and NAC 61, 2011, RBW, 1218 sales.
This denarius features types similar to the preceding piece but features the helmeted head of Mars copied from the Republican model of Ti. Veturius on the obverse rather than the laureate head of Italia used on the preceding coin. The oath-taking scene on the reverse has also been reduced to four participants from the eight shown on the preceding denarius. A remarkable Oscan legend in the exergue names the Samnite consul C. Papius Mutilus, who served alongside the Marsic consul Q. Poppaedius Silo in 90 BC. Mutilus was primarily responsible for leading Italic forces in the southern theatre of the Social War (91-87 BC) and won some spectacular early victories, including the capture of Nola. Thanks to his policy of mercy towards defeated Romans, this victory alone gained him the defection of some 2,000 Roman soldiers. His intention was not to destroy the Romans, but only to force the Roman acceptance of the Italic peoples as equal partners in the Roman state. Despite the initial successes of Mutilus and the army he commanded, they suffered major defeats in Samnium at the hands of Sulla in 89 BC. The Samnite consul was injured in the fighting and he was forced to escape to Aeserna. By the end of 88 BC the war was all but over and some of the demands of the Italic peoples had been met. Mutilus became a Roman citizen under the lex Plautia Papiria and seems to have enjoyed some respect there for his fighting prowess and wealth. These attributes may have contributed to his death a few years later in the Sullan proscriptions of 82 BC.
The Bellum Sociale. Denarius, mint moving with C. Paapius (in Campania?) circa 90, AR 19 mm, 3.65 g. Helmeted and draped bust of Mars r., bowl decorated with plume; behind, viteliú in Oscan characters. Rev. Oath-taking scene: four soldiers, two on each side, pointing their swords at pig held by kneeling youth; in exergue, c.paapii.c retrograde in Oscan characters. Sydenham 637. SNG Lockett 59 (this coin). Campana 83s (this coin). RBW 1225 (this coin). Historia Numorum Italy 425.
Rare and in exceptional condition for the issue. Struck on a full flan
and with a superb old cabinet tone. Extremely fine
Ex Naville V, 1923, British Museum duplicates 125; Glendining's 25 October 1957, Lockett, 45; Sotheby's 8 October 1992, 1160 and NAC 61, 2011, RBW, 1218 sales.
This denarius features types similar to the preceding piece but features the helmeted head of Mars copied from the Republican model of Ti. Veturius on the obverse rather than the laureate head of Italia used on the preceding coin. The oath-taking scene on the reverse has also been reduced to four participants from the eight shown on the preceding denarius. A remarkable Oscan legend in the exergue names the Samnite consul C. Papius Mutilus, who served alongside the Marsic consul Q. Poppaedius Silo in 90 BC. Mutilus was primarily responsible for leading Italic forces in the southern theatre of the Social War (91-87 BC) and won some spectacular early victories, including the capture of Nola. Thanks to his policy of mercy towards defeated Romans, this victory alone gained him the defection of some 2,000 Roman soldiers. His intention was not to destroy the Romans, but only to force the Roman acceptance of the Italic peoples as equal partners in the Roman state. Despite the initial successes of Mutilus and the army he commanded, they suffered major defeats in Samnium at the hands of Sulla in 89 BC. The Samnite consul was injured in the fighting and he was forced to escape to Aeserna. By the end of 88 BC the war was all but over and some of the demands of the Italic peoples had been met. Mutilus became a Roman citizen under the lex Plautia Papiria and seems to have enjoyed some respect there for his fighting prowess and wealth. These attributes may have contributed to his death a few years later in the Sullan proscriptions of 82 BC.