Roman Republic (Rome mint 194-190 BC.), moneyer Cnaeus Baebius Tampilus,
Victoriatus (16-17 mm ; 2,62 g), silver, axis about medal alignment ?? (ca. 20°),
Obv.: Laureate head of Jupiter r.
Rev.: Victory standing r. crowning trophy; between, on exergual line, TAMP ligate. In exergue, ROMA.
Crawford 133/1 ; Syd. 336 ; RBW 590 ; Babelon, Baebia 4 ; BMCRR 560 .
Rare (11-25 known coins) cf.: https://www.lesdioscures.com/537ba-victoriat-baebia/
Rough surface, dark toning
Ex Künker 115 (September 2006)
The gens Baebia was a plebeian family at ancient Rome. The first member of the gens who obtained the consulship was Gnaeus Baebius Tamphilus, in 182 BC. The cognomina of the Baebii are Dives, Herennius, Sulca, and Tamphilus. The last, borne by the oldest family of the Baebii appearing in history, is the only surname which appears on coins, where it is written Tampilus. All of the consuls and most of the praetors of this gens during the Republic belonged to this branch of the family. Chase describes their surname as one of considerable curiosity, suggested by some scholars to be of Greek origin, but perhaps an Oscan name sharing a common root with the Tampia gens, who may have been of Sabine origin.
A Cnaeus Baebius Quintus. f. Cn. n. Tamphilus was praetor in 199 BC, was assigned to Cisalpine Gaul, where he was defeated by the Insubres; the consul Lucius Cornelius Lentulus replaced him, and sent Baebius to Rome. Consul in 182, Baebius fought against the Ligures with some success.
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