L. CASSIUS LONGINUS (63 BC)

"Lex Cassia Tabellaria" The tablet marked with the letter "V" was used in Rome for voting on legislation. This coin, combined with Vesta on the obverse, references a law from 113 BCE, which established a special commission chaired by L. Cassius Longinus Ravilla to prosecute three criminal Vestals.

In 137 BCE, L. Cassius Ravilla proposed a voting method known as the Lex Cassia Tabellaria. On the coin, the letter "V" on the tablet (ballot card) represents Vti Rogas, indicating a vote in favor of a new law. L. Cassius Longinus was the younger brother of G. Cassius Longinus, one of Julius Caesar’s assassins. He joined Caesar at the start of the civil war and served as one of Caesar’s legates in Greece in 48 BCE.