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Search Advanced Search Search By Coin ID     Home ANCIENT/BYZANTINE Ancient Spain (872) Byzantine (753) MEDIEVAL/EARLY WORLD Germany (30) MODERN WORLD COUNTERFEITS AND IMITATIONS   Submit New Coin(s)   Sponsors page Terms of Service Contact Us About Us FAQ Page Coin Detail Click here to see enlarged image. ID:     792030      [UNVERIFIED] Type:     Roman Republican Issuer:     C. Memmius C.F. Date Ruled:     56 BC Metal:     Silver Denomination:     Denarius Struck / Cast:     struck Date Struck:     BC 56 Diameter:     20 mm Weight:     4.04 g Die Axis:     8 h Obverse Legend:     C ·MEMMI ·C ·F Obverse Description:     Head of Ceres right, wearing grain ear wreath Reverse Legend:     C ·MEMMIVS – IMPERATOR Reverse Description:     Bound captive kneeling right beneath tropaeum Mint:     Rome Primary Reference:     Crawford 427/1 Reference2:     Sydenham 920 Reference3:     Memmia 10 Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=105885 Grade:     Superb EF, minor trace of encrustation on reverse. Notes:     Gaius Memmius propraetor of Bithynia in 57 BC, a son-in-law of the dictator Sulla, and a friend of the poets. Lucretius and Catullus. Initially a supporter of Pompey, he soon allied himself with Caesar, whom he had previously attacked. In 54 BC, as candidate for the consulship, the revelation of a scandal lost him the trimvir’s support (Cic. Ad Att. 4. 15-18). Condemned for electoral improprieties, he retired first to Athens, and afterwards, to Mytilene. He died about the year 49 BC. He is best remembered as the dedicatee of Lucretius’ De rerum natura.

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