Note 2, 59 — A. PERSIUS FLACCUS (continued 4)
Reading edition
59. vasa Numae: called capedines and simpuvia.—Saturnia aera: Old coinage, according to Schol., Casaubon, and Jahn. The earliest coinage is said to have been stamped on one side with the head of Janus, the coiner, on the other with a ship, in honor of Saturn’s arrival in Italy. It is best to translate loosely by ‘brass’ or ‘bronze,’ as the explanation is far from certain.—inpulit: ‘kicked out.’