Illustrations of school classics, arranged and described (1903)
Hill, George Francis, Sir, 1867-1948 · London, Macmillan · leaf 329
hanks to theinscription LEIBERTAS or LIBERTAS. The man whoissued the coin, L. Sestius, the friend of Horace (Od. i. i\.),was on the staff of M. Brutus in Macedonia. He signshis name on the obverse L SESTI(ws) PRO. Q,(uaestore).On the reverse the inscription is Q. CAEPIO BRVTVS PROCO(n)S(iiIe). M.… … The entrails (exta) of the victim are being examined bythe soothsayers for purposes of augury. Cp. Verg. Aen. • Pecudumque reclusis pectoribus inhians spirantia consulit exta. The third figure from the right is a lictor holding thefasces : this shows that the entrails are being examinedfor official…
Classical antiquities
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