Description: Roman Republic Coin M. Baebius Q.f. Tampilus Struck in Rome circa. 137 BC - Silver AR denarius (17mm, 3.92 gm, 7h) Certification: NGC Choice AU 4/5 - 3/5 Reference: Crawford 236/1a, Sydenham 489. Obverse: TAMPIL, head of Roma left, wearing pendant necklace, pendant earring, and winged helmet decorated with griffin crest; X (mark of value) below chin. Reverse: ROMA / M•BAEBI•Q•F, Apollo in fast quadriga right, with branch in right hand, bow and arrow and reins in left. See the Genuine History Collection Republican moneyer, known only from his coins, marked M·BAEBI·Q·F TAMPIL. However, he may be the father of the M. Baebius who was Tribune of the Plebs in 103 BC. He is presumably descended from one of the Consular Baebii Tampili of the early second century. The generational ancestor 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. During the later Republic, the Baebii were frequently connected with the patrician family of the Aemilii.The main praenomina of Baebii during the Republic were Quintus, Gnaeus, Marcus, and Lucius, all of which were common names throughout Roman history. In addition to these, they occasionally used Gaius and Aulus. Other names occur under the Empire.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. Certainly Herennius, borne as a surname by one of the Baebii, was originally an Oscan praenomen. In imperial times, one family of the Baebii settled around Saguntum, the Spanish town over which the Second Punic War had begun.
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Denomination: Denarius
Historical Period: Roman: Republic (300 BC-27 BC)
Composition: Silver
Year: 137 BC
Era: Ancient
Certification Number: 6827255-006
Grade: Ch AU
KM Number: Crawford 236/1a , Sydenham 489
Country/Region of Manufacture: Italy
Variety: Strike: 4/5, Surface: 3/5
Certification: NGC
Date: Circa 137 BC
