L. Vibius [---], der Vater von Sabina Augusta, und C. Calvisius Sabinus. Prosopographisch-epigraphische Klärungen, (original) (raw)

Über Sex. Vibius Gallus aus Amastris

Sex. Vibius Gallus, trecenarius, primus pilus and praefectus castrorum legionis XIII Geminae, a highly decorated soldier who had served under Domitian and Trajan, chose to settle down in the small Greek polis of Amastris in the province of Pontus et Bithynia. His descendants and wider family are to be found among the elites of this city and at least one other, Abonuteichos, holding high office, sponsoring buildings, granting benefactions. It is generally assumed that Vibius Gallus was an Amastrian by birth and that, after completing his military service, he chose to return and settle in his home city. This paper attempts to disprove this assumption. It discusses his military career, his family, the language of his inscriptions and details of the several monuments set up by himself and his family, in order to show that he was originally from one of the Western provinces and that his choice of Amasra as his home turned him into the ancestor of a new family among the elites of a Greek city.

Die Prägungen des Augustus für seine Adoptivsöhne Caius und Lucius Caesar

In: Varusschlacht im Osnabrücker Land gGmbH (Hg.), Neues Gold aus Kalkriese, Kalkriese 2016, S. 16-29.

ABSTRACT: With the new find of eight gold aurei in Kalkriese, the total number of gold coins found on the site has increased substantially. The new discovery demonstrates that gold played a significant role within the coin circulation of the early imperial era. The gold and silver coins minted by Augustus for his adoptive sons Caius and Lucius Caesar can be subdivided into several die groups according to the obverse legends, the size of the portrait and the reverse images. The coins themselves display additional indications as to how the images were engraved in the coin dies (translated by Claire Franklin). ZUSAMMENFASSUNG: Die Prägungen des Augustus für seine Adoptivsöhne Caius und Lucius Caesares, die in Gold und Silber ausgeprägt wurden, können anhand der Anordnung der Vorderseitenlegende, der Porträtgröße und der rückseitigen Darstellung in mehrere Stempelgruppen unterteilt werden. Ebenso finden sich auf den Geprägen selbst Hinweise auf die einzelnen Arbeitsschritte in denen die Münzbilder in die Münzstempel eingeschnitten wurden. RÉSUMÉ: Avec la nouvelle découverte de huit aurei en or à Kalkriese, le nombre total de pièces d'or trouvées sur le site a considérablement augmenté. Cette nouvelle découverte démontre que l'or jouait un rôle important dans la circulation des pièces au début de l'ère impériale. Les pièces d'or et d'argent frappées par Auguste pour ses fils adoptifs Caius et Lucius Caesar peuvent être subdivisées en plusieurs groupes de matrices en fonction des légendes de l'avers, de la taille du portrait et des images du revers. Les pièces elles-mêmes présentent des indications supplémentaires sur la manière dont les images ont été gravées dans les matrices (traduit avec www.DeepL.com). SOMMARIO: Con il nuovo ritrovamento di otto aurei a Kalkriese, il numero totale di monete d'oro rinvenute nel sito è aumentato in modo sostanziale. La nuova scoperta dimostra che l'oro svolgeva un ruolo significativo nella circolazione monetaria della prima età imperiale. Le monete d'oro e d'argento coniate da Augusto per i suoi figli adottivi Caio e Lucio Cesare possono essere suddivise in diversi gruppi di conii in base alle legende del dritto, alle dimensioni del ritratto e alle immagini del rovescio. Le monete stesse presentano ulteriori indicazioni su come le immagini sono state incise nelle matrici (tradotto con www.DeepL.com).