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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
303/1
303/1
Image courtesy of: Roma Numismatics

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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