91 BC Roman Republic ancient silver denarius with Roma & Victory driving a biga 🐎🐎 Beautiful subtle yellowish toned aura around Roma & Victory

Obverse: Helmeted head of Roma facing right, F control-mark behind head.

Reverse: Goddess Victory driving a two horse chariot known as biga. Control mark VI above.
Reverse lettering: D•SILANVS•L•F & ROMA below.

Decimus Junius Silanus was a Roman Republican moneyer. A moneyer is a private individual who is officially permitted to mint money. His coins are marked D·SILANVS·L·F. Silanus was the cognomen of a branch of the Junia gens, a noble family of ancient Rome which came to prominence during the Second Punic War, and remained important into imperial times.

Decimus Junius Silanus was the son of M. Junius Silanus, who commanded the army that was defeated by the Germanic Cimbri in Transalpine Gaul. Decimus was the stepfather of Marcus Brutus, the murderer of Caesar, having married his mother Servilia. He was elected consul in 63 for the following year | and in consequence of his being consul designatus, he was first asked for his opinion by Cicero in the debate in the senate on the punishment of the Catilinarian conspirators.

The Social War, also called the Italian War or the Marsic War, was fought from 91 to 87 BC between the Roman Republic and several of its autonomous allies in Italy. The Italian allies wanted Roman citizenship, not only for the status and influence that came with it, but also for the right to vote in Roman elections and laws. They believed that they should be treated equally to the Romans, given that they had formed cultural and linguistic connections with the Roman civilization, and had been their loyal allies for over two centuries. The Romans strongly opposed their demands, and refused to grant them citizenship, thus leaving the allies with fewer rights and privileges.

The situation escalated in 91 BC, leading to the outbreak of a devastating war, in which many of the Italian allies, headed by the Samnites and the Marsi, staged a four-year revolt against Roman rule.

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