289/1. Cipia (115-4 BC)

AR Denarius (Rome, c.115-4 BC)

O/ Helmeted head of Roma right; M CIPI M F upwards before; X behind.

R/ Victory in biga right, holding reins in left hand and palm-branch tied with fillet in right hand; rudder below; ROMA in exergue.

3.96g; 16mm

Crawford 289/1 (535 obverse dies/669 reverse dies)

- Cayon Numismatics Subasta 62 (05/12/2019), lot 7050.

Marcus Cispius:

Cispius probably belonged to the plebeian gens Cispia (or Cipia). His life is still unknown; he might have been the grandfather of Marcus Cispius, Tribune of the Plebs in 57 BC and friend of Cicero.

Colección : Roman Republic