413/1. Cassia (63 BC)

AR Denarius (Rome, 60 BC)

O/ Head of Vesta left, wearing veil and diadem; dish on right; control-letter L on left.

R/ Voter left, dropping tablet marked V into cista; LONGIN III V downwards on right.

3.88g; 18mm

Crawford 413/1 (94 obverse dies/104 reverse dies)

- Artemide 60E (03/09/2022), lot 375.

Lucius Cassius Longinus:

The date of the issue was initially dated from 63 by Crawford, but it was revised to 60 by Hersh and Walker after the discovery of the Mesagne Hoard.*

* Charles Hersh and Alan Walker, "The Mesagne Hoard", Museum Notes (American Numismatic Society), Vol. 29 (1984), pp. 103–134.

Référence : RRC 413/1

Collection : Roman Republic