brm_391505 - CASSIA Denier
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Item sold on our e-shop (2020)
Price : 200.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2020)
Price : 200.00 €
Type : Denier
Date: 55 AC.
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 950 ‰
Diameter : 19,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,85 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et ovale avec un beau portrait et un joli revers. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la collection Robert Couet
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête laurée du Génie du peuple romain, les cheveux longs ; derrière, un sceptre.
Reverse
Reverse legend : Q. CASSIVS.
Reverse description : Aigle debout à droite sur un foudre, les ailes déployées, entre un lituus dans le champ à gauche et un capis (vase) dans le champ à droite.
Reverse translation : “Quintus Cassius”, (Quintus Cassius).
Commentary
Contremarque au droit sous le menton. Pour ce type, M. Crawford a relevé une estimation de 126 coins de droit et de 140 coins de revers.
Countermark on the obverse under the chin. For this type, Mr. Crawford noted an estimate of 126 obverse dies and 140 reverse dies.
Countermark on the obverse under the chin. For this type, Mr. Crawford noted an estimate of 126 obverse dies and 140 reverse dies.
Historical background
CASSIA
(55 BC)
This moneyer, perhaps a cousin of Caius Cassius, one of Caesar's main assassins, is mentioned by Cicero in a letter to Atticus. Cassius Longinus was quaestor in 52 BC. Chosen by Pompey, he filled his office at the same time as Marc Antoine, Caesar's candidate while Pompey was Consul with Metellus Scipio. Tribune of the plebs in 49 BC, once again with Marc Antoine, a supporter of Pompey, Quintus Cassius Longinus joined Caesar and had to flee from Rome in 49 BC disguised as a slave. He then follows Caesar to Greece and then to Spain and receives an important command of which he does not show himself worthy. He must run away like a thief.
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