brm_1098119 - CORNELIA Denier
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Type : Denier
Date: 56 AC.
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 950 ‰
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,49 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie légèrement décentrée. Joli buste. Revers agréable. Usure régulière. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : S. C (FAVSTVS).
Obverse description : Buste imberbe Alexandre le Grand sous les traits d’Hercule coiffé de la léonté.
Obverse translation : “Senatus Consulto” (Avec l’accord du Sénat).
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Globe au centre entouré de quatre couronnes posées en croix ; une des couronnes est accostée d’un aplustre et d’un épi de blé.
Historical background
CORNELIA
(56 BC)
The Cornelia gens is an important patrician family of Rome. Faustus is a faithful ally of Pompey. After Caesar crossed the Rubicon in 49 BC, he follows his father-in-law to Greece and is one of his loyal lieutenants. After Pharsalus (48 AC.), he joined the Pompeian forces in Africa and was defeated by Caesar at Thapsus where Cato the Younger was killed. Faustus flees with Juba, king of Mauretania, is captured alive, but put to death by the troops. Caesar spares his wife and children.
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