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L MEMMIUS ROMAN REPUBLIC; GENS MEMMIA
AR Denarius
OBVERSE: Young male head (Apollo?) right, wearing oak-wreath; before, mark of value
REVERSE: Dioscuri standing facing between their horses, each holding spear; L MEMMI in ex.
Struck at Rome 109-108 BC
3.86g, 19.05mm
Syd 558; Cr304/1; Memmia 1
The Memmia gens claimed descent from Menestheus, the Trojan, one of the companions of Aeneas to Italy. The type, however, seems to refer to Menestheus, the Athenian king, who with the help of the Dioscuri drove Theseus from Athens.
Crawford notes that this moneyer may have traveled to Egypt and the unusual depiction of the Dioscuri may have been based on Egyptian artwork
Sammlung : Roman Republic thru Imperatorial