Live auction - brm_622639 - CASSIA Denier
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| Estimate : | 500 € |
| Price : | 1 138 € |
| Maximum bid : | 1 200 € |
| End of the sale : | 08 December 2020 14:36:14 |
| bidders : | 5 bidders |
Type : Denier
Date: 78 AC.
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 950 ‰
Diameter : 17,5 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 3,98 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Superbe exemplaire, idéalement centré. Portraits de toute beautés. Agréable patine grise avec des reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
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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