Moneyer: | M. Nonius Sufenas |
Held Office: | 57 BC |
Denomination: | AR Denarius |
Mint: | Rome |
Obverse: | Head of Saturn right; behind, harpa, conical stone*. "S•C" behind, "SVFENAS" before. |
Reverse: | Roma seated left on pile of arms, holding spear and sword, being crowned by Victory standing left behind, holding wreath and palm frond. "SEX•NONI" in exergue, "PR•L•V•P•F"** around. |
Reference: | RSC Nonia 1, RCVM 377, RRC 421/1 |
Weight: | 3.8 gms |
Diameter: | 18.1 mm |
Comment: |
The praetor Sextus Nonius Sufenus, nephew of Sulla, is celebrated on the reverse as the initiator of Victory Games in 81 BC. *Presumably the stone given to Saturn in lieu of the infant Zeus, worshipped at Delphi. **Sex[tus] Noni[us] pr[aetor] I[udos] V[ictoriae] p[rimus] f[ecit] rcording the first celebration of an ancestor of the moneyer of the Ludi Victoriae of Sulla. |
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