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Denarius of Titus Carisius, T•CARIS
| Issuer | Roman Republic (509 BC - 27 BC) |
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| Year | 46 BC |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Reverse description | A dog running to the right, rendered in low relief with careful attention to musculature, occupying the central field within a beaded border. This type alludes to the Carisii family and is associated with the moneyer Titus Carisius. The abbreviated moneyer's legend T•CARIS appears either above or below the dog depending on the die variety (RRC 464/8a: legend above; RRC 464/8b: legend below). The composition is characteristically spare, with the animal device serving as the primary identifier of this issue. |
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| Mint | Rome |
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Titus Carisius held the position of moneyer in 46 BC, one of three annually appointed officials responsible for coinage production — a role that, by the late Republic, had become a platform for political self-promotion as much as monetary administration. His issues that year were unusually diverse, encompassing multiple types that collectively referenced Roman craft traditions, divine patronage, and ancestral symbolism. The RRC 464 series is among the more extensively catalogued moneyer groups from the period, with Crawford identifying at least eight distinct types.
46 BC was Caesar's year of the dictator perpetuo — not yet formalized, but functionally absolute. The moneyers that year operated with diminishing independence.