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Clodius Macer
Denar, 68 n. Chr. in Karthago (?).
Vs.: L CLODI MACR LIBERATRIX / S C, drapierte Büste der Africa mit Elefantenhaube nach rechts.
Rs.: MAC (im Abschnitt), R-IA-NA - LI-B / LEG - I, Aquila zwischen zwei Standarten nach rechts.
RIC² - ; NAC 29 (11.5.2005), 490
Bild von: Numismatica Ars Classica

 Romanatic-ID: 1617

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Simon Wieland
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19:23:37, 08.02.2009
Note by Numismatica Ars Classica:
As related in the other discussion of Clodius Macer’s denarii, a main theme of his coin designs was the battle of Actium a century before. While the reverses of his portrait denarii restore the galley that was the obverse of Marc Antony’s legionary coinage, the reverse on this Africa-head denarius restores Antony’s eagle-and-standards reverse. Macer follows the arrangement of the inscriptions found on Antony’s legionary coins: the obverse, with the war galley, bore Antony’s personal inscriptions, and the reverse, with the legionary eagle and two standards, bore the names of various legions and specialized units. With Macer’s restorations, the galley restoration bore his personal inscription (identifying himself as the legatus Augusti propraetore of Africa), and the eagle-and-standards reverses bore the names of two legions under his control. In this case it is the Legion I Macriana, which Macer had raised in the course of his rebellion; on other of his coins it is the Legion III Augusta, an old legion he originally commanded in Numidia.