Crawford 421/1

Moneyer: Marcus Nonius Sufenas; 59 BC

Denomination: Denarius

Obverse: SVFENAS S•C Head of Saturn to right; behind, harpa and conical stone

Reverse: PR•L•V•P•F• / SEX•NONI Roma seated left on pile of arms, holding scepter in her right hand and sword in her left; behind, Victory standing left, crowning Roma with wreath held in her right hand and holding palm frond in her left.

Reference: Crawford 421/1

Mint: Rome

Weight: 3,82 g

Notes: Reverse Leged resolves: Sextus Nonius praetor ludos Victoriae primus fecit  [Sextus Nonius, praetor, first held the ludi Victoriae].

Sextus Nonius Sufenas was the father of the moneyer, and Sulla's nephew.

The Ludi Victoriae was an annual festival established in 81 BCE which reimagined Sulla's victory in the civil wars as a victory for Rome itself. 

These games created a precedent for Caesar, who introduced his own Ludi Victoriae Caesaris in 45 BCE,   

Collezione : 16 Roman Republic