. Republican Rome; her conquests, manners and institutions from the earliest times to the death of Caesar . Q. Cassius Longinus (58 ). Types : Vesta and her temple, with voting-urn andtablet, alluding to the re-trial of the Vestals,at which Ravilla, his ancestor, presided. SeeNo. 9. 11. Denarius of Faustus Cornelius Sulla (62 ). son of the Dictator. It depicts the surrender ofJugurtha by Bocchus. Sulla is seated ; Bocchuskneels, and behind kneels Jugurtha, with handstied behind his back. See p. Denarius of Piso and Caepio (100 ). Obverse,Saturn (as god of harvest) ; reverse,
. Republican Rome; her conquests, manners and institutions from the earliest times to the death of Caesar . Q. Cassius Longinus (58 ). Types : Vesta and her temple, with voting-urn andtablet, alluding to the re-trial of the Vestals,at which Ravilla, his ancestor, presided. SeeNo. 9. 11. Denarius of Faustus Cornelius Sulla (62 ). son of the Dictator. It depicts the surrender ofJugurtha by Bocchus. Sulla is seated ; Bocchuskneels, and behind kneels Jugurtha, with handstied behind his back. See p. Denarius of Piso and Caepio (100 ). Obverse,Saturn (as god of harvest) ; reverse, Piso andCaepio seated ; ears of corn ; allusion to thecorn law (Lex Frumentaria) of Saturninus. 13. Quinarius {hsM-denarius) of C. Bgnatuleius (loi ). Victory and Gaulish trophy. Allusionto victory of Marius at Aquae Sextiae. 14. Social War. Warriors taking oath on a Social War. Successes o the confederates. 16. Aureus of Sulla in Greece (87-84 ). Venus S3^ ^ J .f V A^^J 3-i M C; (v^-S^ 1 .V .a ),th 7 8 10 i 11 14* ? V- 15 :kJM^. \ 13 12 :f. 15 Plate LXIV. Coins of 268 to 61 536. m. Wi ?ilJi^ 0^ 12 (IM 10 , •>>>,., /^1<-,.^ \l^ •?!. 11 IE -^ 13 Plate LXV. Coins of 6o to 38 537 ROMAN COINS and Cupid ; sacrificial ewer and lituus betweentrophies. An aureus is of about the same value asa guinea according to the present worth of gold. PI. 64. 17. Aureus of Pompeius. Obverse, Africa, wearingelephant-skin. Legend, Magnus. The lituusand capis (jug) symbolize membership of theCollege of Augurs. Reverse, Pompeius in trium-phal quadriga ; a youth riding nearest , pro cos (proconsul). A very rare andvery perplexing coin. Pompeius was pro-praetor in Africa in 81 On his return hewas greeted by Sulla with the title * Magnus,which he seems to have assumed first in 75 gained triumphs in all three continents (in81, 71, and 61 ). If the youth is his sonCnaeus (born probably about yy ), the coinmust date from about 61 ,
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