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ROMAN COINS Mint Rome, if not otherwise mentioned. IMPERATORIAL COINAGE, Q. LABIENUS, †39 B.C. De…

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ROMAN COINS Mint Rome, if not otherwise mentioned. IMPERATORIAL COINAGE, Q. LABIENUS, †39 B.C. De…
ROMAN COINS Mint Rome, if not otherwise mentioned. IMPERATORIAL COINAGE, Q. LABIENUS, †39 B.C. Denarius, mint moving with Labienus in Asia Minor, 40 B.C. AR 3.69 g. Q. LABIENVS - PARTHICVS IMP Bare head r. Rev. Parthian horse r., with bridle and saddle to which bow-case and quiver are attached. Cr. 524/2. Syd. 1357. C. A. Hersh, The Coinage of Quintus Labienus Parthicus, SNR 59 (1980), 45, 15 (this obv. die, rev. this die?). Cf. Numismatica Ars Classica AG, Zurich sale 39 (2007), 91 (these dies). Extremely rare. Toned. Large flan. Light flan fault on rev. Good very fine

After the death of Julius Caesar, Quintus Labienus, son of Titus Labienus, chose the camp of Brutus and Cassius and was sent by them to Parthia to seek support from king Orodes II against Mark Anthony. He could gain the king for their cause only after the defeat of his masters at Philippi in October 42 B.C. In 40 B.C. he started his way back to the West with a Parthian army, sharing the command with Orodes's son Pacorus I. After some initial successes in Syria and Southern Asia Minor, Labienus was decisively defeated in 39 B.C. in Caria by P. Ventidius Bassus. Labienus was captured and assassinated in Cilicia shortly after. During his expedition Labienus took the title of Imperator and the cognomen of “Parthicus”; he also struck coins in his own name, probably to pay the Roman soldiers of his army.