The below passage reminded me of the above coin and the decoding of the legend to be about the foundation of the ludi Apollinares by public subscription:
stips collata dei thesauro
The next thing to be discussed was the gift to Apollo, to whom Camillus said that he had solemnly promised a tenth part of the spoils. The pontiffs ruled that the people must discharge this obligation, but it was not easy to devise a method for compelling them to return the booty, that out of it the due proportion might be set apart for the sacred object. They finally resorted to what seemed the least oppressive plan, namely, that whosoever wished to acquit himself and his household of obligation on the score of the vow, should appraise his own share of the spoils, and pay in a tenth part of its value to the public treasury, to the end that it might be converted into an offering of gold befitting the grandeur of the temple and the power of the god and corresponding to the majesty of the Roman People. This contribution still further alienated the affections of the commons from Camillus.
Livy 5.23; c. 396 BCE
This passage could be read as confirmation that there was really a temple of Apollo in 431 BCE at Rome, rather than crediting the physical remains to to the ‘re’ foundation in 353 BCE. OR, it could be read as Livy pushing the type of collection from the people on behalf of Apollo back into the legendary past to flesh out his account of Camillus. I lean towards the latter but obviously unknowable.
Liv Mariah Yarrow 