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Auction 34 21 January 2015
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ROMAN REPUBLICAN. C. Norbanus. 83 B.C. AR denarius. 3.73 gm. 19 mm. Rome mint. Diademed head of Venus right; CCXX (control mark) behind, C NORBANVS below / Corn ear, fasces with axe, and caduceus. Crawford 357/1b. Sydenham 739. RSC Norbana 2. Good Very Fine; light scuff in reverse field; well centered and crisply struck.
Ex NFA 10/90, #1266.
Originating in the Etruscan civilization, the fasces in Republican Rome symbolized power and authority. The axe emerging from the fasces indicated that the powers of the magistrate included assigning capital punishment. However, the axe blades were removed when carried within the boundary of the inner city of Rome, as within the city the right to life and death judgment belonged to the assembly.
Ex NFA 10/90, #1266.
Originating in the Etruscan civilization, the fasces in Republican Rome symbolized power and authority. The axe emerging from the fasces indicated that the powers of the magistrate included assigning capital punishment. However, the axe blades were removed when carried within the boundary of the inner city of Rome, as within the city the right to life and death judgment belonged to the assembly.