Reception of the Social War coinage

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Napoleon certain  cultivated an Augustan image on his numismatic portraiture, but I think the designer of this type had been strongly influence by coins of the Marsic Confederation struck during the rebellion of Italy against Rome.

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Here’s one more Napoleonic Specimen with a slightly different obverse.

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