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Obverse: Veiled head of Concordia right, wearing stephane - P·FONTEIVS·CAPITO·III·VIR CONCORDIA around.
Reverse: The Villa Publica: building consisting of two stories, each with a row of columns; the lower columns are surmounted by arches, the upper ones by a sloping roof - T·DIDI· IMP VIL·PVB in fields.
Diameter:
18 mm
Die Orientation: 1 H
Weight: 3.86 g
Die Orientation: 1 H
Weight: 3.86 g
"The Villa Publica was built in 435 BC to house the censor's records. It was situated on Rome's Campus Martius, west of the city proper. According to the reverse legend the building was renovated and amplified under the consul Titus Didius. The building was also used as an office to raise troops and for generals waiting for triumph, as well as for foreign emissaries. Inside the Villa thousands of Samnite and Lucani prisoners were murdered by Sulla, guilty of having supported Cinna during the feud against the famous general of the gens Cornelia. With this issue, Concordia is probabaly approached to the building, to remember that political enemies must be treated with respect to prevent the situation from escalating to the horrors that occurred inside the Villa"
Crawford 429/2a