brm_882368 - CASSIA Denier
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Type : Denier
Date: 78 AC.
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 950 ‰
Diameter : 19,5 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 3,67 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée à l’usure régulière. Jolis portraits. Patine grise
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).
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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