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ID:
74000546
[UNVERIFIED]
Type:
Roman Republican
Issuer:
P. Cornelius Lentulus Spinther and C. Cassius
Date Ruled:
42 BC
Metal:
Gold
Denomination:
Aureus
Struck / Cast:
struck
Date Struck:
BC 42
Weight:
7.98 g
Die Axis:
6 h
Obverse Legend:
IMP / LEIBERTAS
Obverse Description:
IMP, diademed, veiled and draped bust of Libertas right, wearing earring and necklace; LEIBERTAS to right
Reverse Legend:
LENTVLVS/SPINT
Reverse Description:
Capis (jug) and lituus
Mint:
Military Mint
Primary Reference:
Crawford 500/4
Reference2:
CRI 222
Reference3:
Syd 1304
Reference4:
Kestner -; BMCRR East 73; Bahrfeldt 59; CalicÓ 66
Photograph Credit:
Classical Numismatic Group
Source:
http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=96959
Grade:
VF, a few marks, traces of deposits
Notes:
Sale: Triton X, Lot: 546 Very rare, only 13 specimens known to Crawford. Ex MÜnzen und Medaillen A.G. Basel (16 December 2003), lot 54; Hamburger, Frankfurt (19 October 1925), lot 408; Egger 39, Vienna (15 January 1912), lot 609.P. Cornelius Lentulus Spinther and M. Servilius were joint legates to Cassius and Brutus, and both issued coins in the names of both generals. Lentulus Spinther was born in 74 BC and assumed the toga virilis in 57 BC, and in the same year was elected to the college of augurs. After the murder of Caesar, he joined the parties of Cassius and Brutus and was probably killed at Philippi. The reverse type of this coin refers to Lentulus' appointment to the college of augurs and is one of the few instances in imperatorial coinage in which a moneyer used a reverse type that was personal to himself.
Created and Managed by Alfredo De La Fe
