Roman Silver & Bronze Coins
Lot 4127 Session 14 (4.30pm Thu 27th March) Roman Silver & Bronze Coins
Estimate $160
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SOLD $140
L. CASSIUS Q.F. Longinus, (c.78 B.C.), silver denarius, Rome mint, (3.85 g), obv. head of Liber or Bacchus to right, thyrsus over shoulder, rev. head of Libera to left, L. CASSI Q.F behind, (S.317, Cr.386/1, Syd.779, B. Cassia 6). With flaw on reverse on head, otherwise very fine and rare.
The type refers to Spurius Cassius who in B.C. 493 erected a temple dedicated to Ceres and these two divinities near to the Circus Maximus. Crawford calculates 32 obverse dies used by this moneyer in his coinage.
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