DR-330 | Crawford: 335/3e
Lucius Caecilius Metellus / Caius Publicius Malleolus
Lucius Caecilius Metellus / Caius Publicius Malleolus

Gens: Caecilia / Poblicia
Moneyer: Lucius Caecilius Metellus / Caius Publicius Malleolus
Date and mint: 95 BC/92 BC - Rome


Obverse: Bust of Mars helmet, right. Dotted border.
Legend:
Symbols: Obverse above, Hammer | Obverse below, x | Reverse behind, Tablet

Reverse: Naked warrior standing to left, holding spear in right hand and resting right foot on breastplate; on the left, trophy; to right, bow; above bow, inscription. Dotted border.
Legend: C MAL

Comment: Lucia Carbone indicates: It is possible that when Crawford described 335/3e he was actually thinking of one of the specimens with the marks between the warrior and the legend that could potentially be interpreted as an open tablet, in a smaller version of the tablet that appears in types 335. /3f-g. This interpretation seems possible for Schaefer 335/3c Reverse F or Sharpless 335/3c Reverse 1002 (Fig. 3), but seems unlikely for the other dies. We must conclude, therefore, that 335/3e, at least. As Crawford describes him, he's a "ghost" guy who doesn't really exist."
*Damián Salgado, Numischannel.

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