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Denarius MACRIANA LIB LEG I, Libertas
| Issuer | Carthage, Usurpations of |
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| Year | 68 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Personification of Libertas depicted draped, standing facing left, her right hand raised to hold a pileus (freedom cap) and her left hand extended holding a patera. The figure is rendered in the standard Roman Republican allegorical tradition, with drapery falling in stylized folds. The surrounding Latin legend, read clockwise, identifies the issuing authority and invokes senatorial sanction. The type evokes the imagery of liberation, consistent with the political propaganda of the usurper Lucius Clodius Macer. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A legionary aquila (eagle standard) faces right, standing erect between two vexilla (military standards) planted upright in the field, one to each side. The standards are rendered with their crossbars and fringed banners, symbolizing the military force behind the usurpation. The composition is characteristic of Roman military coinage celebrating legionary loyalty, closely paralleling the legionary denarii of Mark Antony. The encircling Latin legend names the legion and proclaims its liberating mission under Macer. |
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