The end of the Unciae at the Roman mint @profyarrow livyarrow.org ANS 2015.20.2029 ANS 2015.20.2924 ANS 2015.20.2926 Aims o Identify known specimens and new types o Consequences of revised chronology o Patterns in metrology o Prosopography and historical contexts o Connect to broader pattern of small bronzes Watch for… A Working Hypothesis Roman moneyers wanted to be SEEN addressing POPULAR concerns Visible “Creativity” Letter control-marks c. 104-96 BCE Crises associated with Saturninus Social War Number, symbol, letter control-marks ANS 1950.103.39 c. 92-79 BCE Collapse of Cinnan Regime and Sulla’s Dictatorship Sporadic control-marking c. 78-57 BCE Cf. Witschonke, R. "The use of die marks on Roman Republican coinage." RBN 92, no. 67 (2012) 130s Unciae Patterns of Bronze Minting at Rome Uncial Standard 110s Unciae Molinari, C. M. “Rearrangement of the denarius-series in the years of the First Sicilian Slave Revolt, the legacy of Attalus III and the Sardinian rebellion.” Nomismata 8 A last flourishing (2016). (and a few semunciae) Lockyear, K. “Mind the Gap! Roman Republican coin hoards from Italy and Iberia at the end of the second century BC” Numismatic Chronicle (2018). Semuncial Standard 130s Unciae Uncial Standard ANS 2015.20.2029 Molinari, C. M. “Rearrangement of the denarius-series in the years of the First Sicilian Slave Revolt, the legacy of Attalus III and the Sardinian rebellion.” Nomismata 8 (2016). Known Populists? Curiatius Metellus Locking up consuls? Sourcing Grain from Disputing the price grain? Thessaly as Aedile? Rev. of ANS 1941.131.65 Garnsey, Peter D. A. and Rathbone, Dominic W.. “The background to the grain law of Gaius Gracchus.” Journal of Roman Studies 75 (1985). a convenient weight? two photos, one coin Uncial Standard 110s Unciae BnF REP-8252 Lockyear, K. “Mind the Gap! Roman Republican coin hoards from Italy and Iberia at the end of the second century BC” Numismatic Chronicle (2018). Cipius (5) RBW 1113 BnF REP-8252 “I am not asleep for EVERYONE” [wink-wink-nudge-nudge, just for my wife’s lover] Syme, Ronald. "Senators, Tribes and Towns." Historia 13.1 (1964): 105-25. Fonteius (3) BnF REP-11494 RBW 1115 RBW 958 Nerva (1) UNIQUE RBW 1126 ANS 1944.100.599 McCabe Collection Nerva RBW 1126 Philippus (2) “…he often played the demagogue…” More ‘light’ quadrans A Unified College? (6) McCabe Collection Uncial Standard 110s Unciae Uncial Standard A last flourishing (and a few semunciae) Semuncial Standard Lockyear, K. “Mind the Gap! Roman Republican coin hoards from Italy and Iberia at the end of the second century BC” Numismatic Chronicle (2018). Uncial Standard ALL ROMA on uncia A last flourishing (and a few semunciae) ALL oak wreaths accept Herennius Semuncial Standard Three photos, one coin And a lost second specimen Cerco’s crown? RBW 1141 RBW 1167 Unique? ANS 2015.20.2926 ANS 2015.20.2924 Tubulus (44, 3) Herennius (17, 1) Visible “Creativity” Letter control-marks c. 104-96 BCE Crises associated with Saturninus Social War Number, symbol, letter control-marks ANS 1950.103.39 c. 92-79 BCE Collapse of Cinnan Regime and Sulla’s Dictatorship Sporadic control-marking c. 78-57 BCE Cf. Witschonke, R. "The use of die marks on Roman Republican coinage." RBN 92, no. 67 (2012).