Old Coins

The inscription reads: Imp(eratori) Caes(ari) Aug(usto) / divo Antonino Pio / L(ucius) Annius Matun / Anni Honorati lib(ertus) / ob honor(em) IIIIIIvir(atus) / p(osuit) d(edicavitque) This stone inscription, discovered in Volubilis, a Roman city in Morocco, was created and dedicated by Lucius Annius Maton, a Roman official who served as a prefect and local magistrate overseeing religious and public affairs in the city. The inscription reflects Lucius Annius Maton's gratitude and loyalty to his patron and benefactor Annius Honoratus, who aided his ascent from slavery to a prominent position. Annius Honoratus served as the editor of Emperor Antoninus Pius, who ruled from 138 to 161 AD. Antoninus Pius was renowned for his peaceful and prosperous reign, and his adoption of Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus. The inscription, which reads "Imp(eratori) Caes(ari) Aug(usto) / divo Antonino Pio / L(ucius) Annius Matun / Anni Honorati lib(ertus) / ob honor(em) IIIIIIvir(atus) / p(osuit) d

  M(arco) Val(erio), Bostaris / f(ilio), Gal(eria tribe), Seuero,/aed(ili) , sufeti, II uir(o), / flamini primo I in municipio suo, / praef(ecto) auxilior(um) aduersus Aedemo/nem oppressum bello..." "To Marcus Valerius Severus, son of Bostar, of the tribe Galeria , aedile, suffet, duovir, first flamine in his municipality, prefect of the auxiliaries against Aedemon who was crushed during the war.. . This inscribed statue base from the Roman province of Mauritania Tingitana records the favours and rewards granted to the town of Volubilis by the emperor Claudius, following its support of Rome during a revolt by a local population. It is an important example of how the ‘benefits’ of Romanisation were extended to provincial communities, as well as being an interesting testimony of Claudius’s policy towards granting citizenship. The inscription states that Marcus Valerius Severus successfully won a series of benefits for the city of Volubilis and his fellow inhabitants there. In s

 Latina:  : Aemiliae / D(ecimi) fil(iae) Sextinae / Viennensi bis flaminicae / ordo Volubilitanorum / ob eximiam eius probitatem et ma/riti sui Nammi Materni praef(ecti) cohor(tis) / Astur(um) et Callaecor(um ) merita locum / sepulchri inpensam funeris / statuam decrevit Nammius / Maternus contentus honore / inpens[am remisit s(ua) p(ecunia) pos]uit Aemilia, daughter of Decimus Sextinus Viennensis, Flaminica bis, in the order of the Volubilitans, for his exceptional probity and the merit of his mother Nammi Materna, perfected cohorts of the Astures and Callaeci, merits a place. The burden of the grave Nammius decreed. A statue to Maternal, contented with the honor, he remitted the burden with his own money The Volubilitans are in a safe place that comes to life in Fortuna. It is possible for your child to live, which can be attributed to good fortune and prospect. The name appears in Latin “volubilis”, which signifies “tournant” or “instable”. Fortuna était the Roman day of chance, of

 i(berio) Claud(io) Caes(ari) Aug(usto)/divi(!) fil(io) Ger(manico) p(ontifici) m(aximo) trib(unicia) pot(estate)c/llll co(n)s(uli) llll desig(nato) lll imp(eratori) Vlll / p(atri) p(atriae) munic(ipium)c Volub(ilitanorum) im/petrata c(ivitate) R(omana) et conubio / et oneribus remissis / d(ecreto) d(ecurionum) d(edit) / M(arcus) Fadius Celer Flavianus / Maximus proc(urator) Aug(usti) pro leg(ato) / dedicavit Haec inscriptio est dedicatio ad Imperatorem Claudium a M. Fadio Celere Flaviano Maximo. Inscriptionem erexit municipe Volubilis ut elevationem urbis ad status municipium commemoraret. Inscriptionem sequentibus verbis continet: A Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus, filio divi Augusti, Germanico, pontifici maximo, tribunicia potestate quarta, consul tertium, consul designatus quartum, patri patriae, municipium Volubilis, civitate Romana impetrata, conubio et oneribus remissis, hunc lapidem decreto decurionum posuit. Marcus Fadius Celer Flavianus Maximus, procurator Augusti pro legat