Live auction - brm_408211 - CASSIA Denier
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| Estimate : | 350 € |
| Price : | 255 € |
| Maximum bid : | 255 € |
| End of the sale : | 13 December 2016 14:30:17 |
| bidders : | 4 bidders |
Type : Denier
Date: 63 AC.
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 950 ‰
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 3,87 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Superbe exemplaire sur un flan large et ovale, bien centré des deux cotés. Portrait dans un état de conservation remarquable. Joli revers. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la collection Robert Couet
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête voilée de Vesta à gauche ; derrière, la kylix ou le cymbium (vase à deux anses à boire) et une lettre devant, (L).
Reverse
Reverse legend : LONGIN. III. V.
Reverse description : Citoyen debout à gauche, déposant un bulletin de vote inscrit V "Vti rogas" dans une ciste qui sert d'urne.
Reverse translation : “Longinus triumvir”, (Longinus triumvir monétaire).
Commentary
Pour ce type, M. Crawford a relevé une estimation de 94 coins de droit et de 104 coins de revers.
Historical background
CASSIA
(63 BC)
It seems that Lucius Cassius Longinus is the member of the gens Cassia occupying the function of praetor in 66 BC. Candidate for the consulship for 63 BC, he is included in the conspiracy of Catiline denounced by Cicero and is executed in 60 BC.
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