{"id":52178,"date":"2025-12-18T14:35:06","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T13:35:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.numismeo.com\/boutique\/uncategorized\/cato-of-utica-denarius-47-46-bc\/"},"modified":"2025-12-18T14:35:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T13:35:06","slug":"cato-of-utica-denarius-47-46-bc","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.numismeo.com\/en\/boutique\/ancient-coins-en\/roman-republic-en\/cato-of-utica-denarius-47-46-bc\/","title":{"rendered":"Cato of Utica Denarius 47-46 BC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><b>The Denarius of Cato of Utica<\/b><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">This denarius is one of the most powerful numismatic testimonies from the end of the Roman Republic. It was struck at Utica, in Africa (present-day Tunisia), in a context of civil war, shortly before Julius Caesar\u2019s definitive victory over the last Republicans.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Historical context<\/b><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">After Pompey\u2019s defeat at Pharsalus (48 BC), the supporters of the Republic continued the struggle in Africa. Cato of Utica, an emblematic figure of Stoicism and a fierce defender of republican values, became one of the main leaders of the anti-Caesarian camp. Utica then served as a political and military base.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">This denarius was struck to pay the troops and to assert the legitimacy of the republican camp in the face of Caesar, who was concentrating more and more personal power.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Political and ideological significance<\/b><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">This denarius is not merely a circulating coin. It conveys a strong political message:<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\">\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"p1\">It opposes Caesar\u2019s personal propaganda, as he had his own portrait depicted on coinage.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"p1\">It affirms that power must remain impersonal, founded on law, tradition, and the Republic, rather than on a single man.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"p1\">The choice of traditional symbols reflects Cato\u2019s Stoic vision: moral rigor, civic duty, and refusal to compromise with tyranny.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><i>Broadcast in French\u201cLes grands dossiers de l\u2019histoire\u201d by Franck Ferrand on Cato of Utica: <a href=\"https:\/\/smartlink.ausha.co\/franck-ferrand-raconte\/la-mort-de-caton-d-utique\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">link<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Denarius of Cato of Utica This denarius is one of the most powerful numismatic testimonies from the end of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":52171,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[91,179],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-52178","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-antiques","7":"product_cat-republique-romaine-antiques","8":"pa_anneefrappe1-47-46-avant-jc","9":"pa_atelier-utique","10":"pa_metal-b5-argent","11":"pa_qualite-13-tb_","12":"personnage-marcus-porcius-cato-uticensis","13":"desktop-align-left","14":"tablet-align-left","15":"mobile-align-left","17":"first","18":"instock","19":"sold-individually","20":"shipping-taxable","21":"purchasable","22":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Cato of Utica Denarius 47-46 BC - Numismeo<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Silver denarius of Cato of Utica. 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