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                                Sale: CNG 61, Lot: 1535. Closing Date: Sep 25, 
                                2002.  T. Carisius. BID Estimate $150  

                              T. Carisius. Circa 46 BC. AR Denarius (4.07 gm). 
                              Head of Juno right / T. CARISIVS above minting 
                              implements, all within wreath: wreathed cap of 
                              Vulcan, resembling reverse die, above moneyer’s 
                              anvil between tongs and hammer. Crawford 464/2; 
                              Sear, CRI 70; Carisia 1a. VF, poorly struck. 
                              ($150) 
                              From the Tony Hardy Collection. 
                              The identification of the obverse bust as Juno is 
                              questionable since she is not wearing the usual 
                              stephane of the Queen of the Olympians and wife of 
                              Jupiter. Although accompanied by one of her 
                              ancient titles moneta, from moneo (‘warn, advise 
                              or council’), it is eminently probable that by 
                              this time Moneta was a minor personification in 
                              her own right. The same personification can be 
                              seen on the reverse of Domitian’s Moneta August 
                              aes issue of AD 84, which celebrates the reopening 
                              of the mint after the fire of AD 81.





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