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Ancient Coin of the Day: Today we look at two coins from the opposing sides at the Battle of Pharsalus – starting with this denarius of Pompey the Great from 49 BC. #ACOTD #Roman #Pharsalus
Image: RRC 447/1a; British Museum (2002,0102.4425). Link - numismatics.org/crro/id/rrc-44…
Image: RRC 447/1a; British Museum (2002,0102.4425). Link - numismatics.org/crro/id/rrc-44…
The commanders of the two opposing sides at the Battle of Pharsalus – Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great – both understood the importance of coinage in the run up to the battle, not only for filling their war chests but also as propaganda.
Thus at this time we see Caesar’s famous ‘Elephant Denarius’ – on which see this earlier #ACOTD thread from back in January. The two competing coinages highlight that both parties considered themselves ‘states’.
