page_title: Opimia (gens)
hierarchical_section_title: Opimia (gens)
caption_attribution_description: English: M. Opimius 131 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.93 g, 1h). Rome mint. Helmeted head of Roma right; tripod to left, mark of value below chin / Apollo driving galloping biga right, holding arrow, reins, and bow, quiver over shoulder. Crawford 254/1; Sydenham 475; Opimia 16; Type as RBW 1037. EF, deeply toned. From the Andrew McCabe Collection. Ex America Collection (Numismatica Ars Classica 97, 12 December 2016), lot 8; JD Collection, Part II (Numismatica Ars Classica 72, 16 May 2013), lot 456.
context_page_description: The gens Opimia, also written Opeimia on coins, was a plebeian family at Rome. Members of this gens are first mentioned during the time of the Samnite Wars, and they are mentioned in Roman historians from then down to the end of the Republic. The first of the Opimii to obtain the consulship was Quintus Opimius in 154 BC.
context_section_description: The gens Opimia, also written Opeimia on coins, was a plebeian family at Rome.  Members of this gens are first mentioned during the time of the Samnite Wars, and they are mentioned in Roman historians from then down to the end of the Republic.  The first of the Opimii to obtain the consulship was Quintus Opimius in 154 BC.
caption: Denarius of Marcus Opimius, 131 BC. Roma is portrayed on the obverse, while Appolo is driving a biga on the reverse.  Apollo and the tripod behind the head of Roma could be allusions to his father, who was perhaps Decimvir sacris faciundis.[1][2]
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