Gaius Vibius Pansa (mint master)

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Gaius Vibius Pansa was a late Republic Roman politician .

He was a mint master in 90 BC. As a partisan of the popular and supporter of Gaius Marius , he was proscribed during the dictatorship of the Optimaten Sulla . He was the father (presumably the adoptive father) of the later consul Gaius Vibius Pansa Caetronianus .

A denarius minted in his name shows the head of the god Apollo on the obverse and the goddess Minerva on a quadriga on the reverse . This denarius and two others with the Minerva in the quadriga are intended to commemorate the first victories in the 3rd alliance war. Two further denarii show a bearded pan mask and a bearded silenus mask on opposite sides. In addition, three different bronze denominations were minted (As, Semis, Quadrans).

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  1. ↑ So the dating of Michael Crawford , Roman republican coinage , vol. 1, pp. 346–351, no. 342. In the past, the years 89 or 88 BC were also used. Called BC.
  2. ^ Cassius Dio 45, 17, 1.
  3. ^ Rainer Albert, The Coins of the Roman Republic, No. 1187–1195
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SURNAME Vibius Pansa, Gaius
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pansa, Gaius Vibius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Roman politician, mint master 90 BC Chr.
DATE OF BIRTH before 90 BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH after 82 BC Chr.