DR-269 | Crawford: 303/1
Manlius Aquillius
Manlio Aquillius
Gens: Aquillia
Moneyer: Manlius Aquillius
Date and mint: 109 BC/108 BC - Rome
Obverse: Bust of Sun, right. Dotted border.
Legend:
Symbols: Obverse before, x
Reverse: Luna in biga, right, holding reins with both hands; before, three stars; below, a star. Dotted border.
Legend: MN AQVIL ROMA
Comment: Consul with Marius in 101 BC. In 88 BC he was assigned to Asia as one of the Consular legates sent to fight in the war against Mithridates. The king of Pontus executed him by forcing him to drink a cauldron full of molten gold
Provenance: Roma Numismatics (2014)
Price: 770 €
Other references
| Crawford: | 303/1 |
| DR: | 269 |
| BMCRR (Grueber): | Italia 645 |
| B (Babelon): | Aquilia 1 |
| RSC (Seaby): | Aquilia 1 |
| FFC (Fdez., Fdez., Calicó): | 166 |
| RC / RCV (D. Sear): | 180 |
| CRI (Sear Imperators) 49 - 27 BC: | |
| CRR (Sydenham): | 557 |
| Cal (Calicó): | 229 |
| RBW: | |
| Other authors: |
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