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brm_474949 - CASSIA Denier

CASSIA Denier XF
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Item sold on our e-shop (2018)
Price : 225.00 €
Type : Denier
Date: 78 AC.
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 950 ‰
Diameter : 17,5 mm
Orientation dies : 10 h.
Weight : 3,84 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale, bien centré des deux cotés. Beaux portraits de Liber et de Libera. Patine grise aux reflets dorés
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provent de la collection Robert Couet

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête imberbe de Bacchus (Liber) à droite, coiffée de la couronne de vigne avec un thyrse transversal sur l’épaule.

Reverse


Reverse legend : L. CASSI. Q. F.
Reverse description : Tête de Proserpine (Libera) à gauche, coiffée de la couronne de vigne.
Reverse translation : “Lucius Cassius Quinti Filius”, (Lucius Cassius fils de Quintus).

Commentary


Pour ce type, M. Crawford a relevé une estimation de trente-deux coins de droit et de trente-six coins de revers.

Historical background


CASSIA

(78 BC)

It seems that Lucius Cassius Longinus was the member of the gens Cassia who was praetor in 66 BC. Candidate for the consulship for 63 BC, he was included in the Catiline conspiracy denounced by Cicero and for which he was executed in 60 BC.

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