Item number: A212

Year: 104 BC

Material: Silver

Size: 19.4 x 18.5 x 1.9 mm

Weight: 3.84 g

Manufactured by: Roman mint

Provenance: Coincraft 2016

This coin is a denarius minted in 104 BC by the Roman Republican politician Lucius Appuleius Saturninus.

The obverse of the coin features a profile portrait of a Roman, wearing a helmet. The reverse depicts a Roman quadriga, a four-horse chariot, with a warrior holding the reins and driving the chariot. Above the chariot, the mint mark ‘C’ is inscribed, and below it, the Latin inscription ‘L·SATVRN’ appears, representing an abbreviation of the minter’s name, Lucius Saturninus.

Lucius Appuleius Saturninus was a prominent Roman politician. During a grain shortage in 104 BC, he served as a quaestor responsible for the transportation of grain. He was elected tribune of the plebs twice, using his position to challenge the authority of the Senate, which made his career highly controversial. Saturninus was murdered in a riot in Rome at the end of 100 BC.

Denarius:
The denarius was a small silver coin introduced by ancient Rome around 211 BC and was one of the most common currencies in circulation until it was gradually replaced by the Antoninianus in ^{the mid-3rd century during the Roman Empire.}

物件編號: A285

年代: 公元前 104 年

材質: 銀

尺寸: 19.4 x 18.5 x 1.9 mm

重量: 3.84 g

製造地: 羅馬造幣廠

來源: 錢幣工藝 2016

此枚為羅馬共和國的一名政治家盧修斯·阿普萊烏斯​​·薩圖尼努斯(Lucius Appuleius Saturninus)於公元前104年鑄造的第納里烏斯銀幣。

硬幣的正面刻有羅馬人的側面肖像，頭戴頭盔。背面則刻有羅馬的四馬雙輪戰車，以及手握疆繩，駕駛馬車的戰士。馬車正上方刻著鑄幣標記「C」，正下方則刻有拉丁銘文「L·SATVRN」，為鑄幣者Lucius Saturninus名字的簡稱。

盧修斯·阿普萊烏斯​​·薩圖尼努斯(Lucius Appuleius Saturninus)是一位著名的羅馬政治家。他曾於公元前104年羅馬面臨糧荒時出任財務官，負責糧食運輸，並曾二度出任保民官，利用自身職位挑戰元老院大權，也因此其職涯充滿著爭議。薩圖尼努斯於公元前100年末在羅馬的一場騷亂中被謀殺。

第納里烏斯(Denarius):
第納里烏斯是古羅馬從約公元前211年開始發行的一種小銀幣，是最常見的流通貨幣之一，直到公元3世紀中期才逐漸被羅馬帝國發行的貨幣安東尼尼安努斯(Antoninianus)取代。