![]() All too often coin hoards are found by accident by someone digging a ditch or plowing a field and scholars do not feel confident that all the coins are properly reported. The cache is also important because it was scientifically excavated and documented. The veteran who buried the coins presumably also received land for a small estate at Cetamura along with his financial reward. It firmly documents a moment in the Romanization of Cetamura, previously Etruscan, and is without parallel in Chianti. The Treasure is undoubtedly the most important find made at Cetamura, and one of the most significant in the region of Chianti. There are also numerous coins upon which Octavian placed his own portrait along with symbols of victory. The war chests of Antony and Cleopatra evidently were confiscated by Octavian after the battle and used to pay his victorious troops. There are also 22 examples of the “ship coinage” of Antony, showing his warships on the front and legionary standards on the reverse. Of the greatest interest are coins struck by Mark Antony, including one rare example with his own face on one side and the face of Cleopatra on the other. They include 178 specimens of the silver denarius, the standard Roman coin of the Republican period and 16 of the quinarius, worth one half of a denarius. Many of the coins are in superb condition. Marosi for the concept of the exhibition. de Grummond consulted with her and with Prof. Lora Holland Goldthwaite, Professor and Chair of Classics at University of North Carolina, Asheville, served as principal researcher on the coins and authored the catalogue of the treasure show. The coins were cleaned and photographed through the innovative technique of Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI) with the patronage of the philanthropic association Friends of Florence, by Nóra Marosi of Studio Arts College International in Florence and Jacopo Mazzoni. Roberta Mari of Santa Maria della Scala assisted with the display design. Jacopo Tabolli from the Soprintendenza Archeologia, Belle Arti e Paesaggio per le province di Siena, Grosseto e Arezzo played a key role in planning the exhibition and Dr. Nancy de Grummond, Professor of Classics at Florida State University in Tallahassee and at the FSU Study Center campus in the Palazzo Bagnesi in Florence, Italy, joined forces with a number of collaborators to produce the show. The excavation team of Cetamura, led by director Dr.
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