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P.Cornelius Lentulus Marcellinus Denarius
Rome, 49 BC
Avers: Head of Marcus Claudius Marcellus , behind Triskeles, in front MARCELLINVS
Revers: M. Claudius MArcellus, Konsul 222. 215, 214, 210 and 208 in Toga dedicating the "spolia opima" into the temple of Jupiter Feretrius. According to legend, the first temple ever built in Rome.
Sear 409, Crawford 439/1, Albert 1372
Spolia opima a suit of armor captured by a Roman general himself in a duel during the time of the Roman Republic.
In Roman history, the armor of an enemy leader was captured by a Roman general only 3 times, first by Romulus against Acron, and last by Marcus Claudius Marcellus (an ancestor of the moneyer) against Viridomarus, king of the gallic Gaesatae tribe in 222 B.C.
ex CNG e-auction 539
Collection : Roman Republic + Imperatorial