DR-406 | Crawford: 357/1a
Caius Norbanus
Caius Norbanus
Gens: Norbana
Moneyer: Caius Norbanus
Date and mint: 83 BC - Rome
Obverse: Bust of Venus, right, diadem. Dotted border.
Legend: C NORBANVS
Symbols: Obverse behind, control mark
Reverse: Part of the bow, fasces with axe, caduceus and spike. Dotted border.
Legend:
Comment: In 95 BC, as tribune of the plebs, he accused Quintus Servilius Caepio of treason for losing his entire army to the Cimbri (105 BC). The following year. Norbanus himself was accused of treason but was acquitted thanks to the defense of Mark Antony the Orator, grandfather of the triumvir Mark Antony.
Provenance: Bertolami Fine Arts (2018)
Price: 2,740 €
Other references
| Crawford: | 357/1a |
| DR: | 406 |
| BMCRR (Grueber): | Roma 2827 a 2835 |
| B (Babelon): | Norbana 1 |
| RSC (Seaby): | Norbana 1 |
| FFC (Fdez., Fdez., Calicó): | 944 |
| RC / RCV (D. Sear): | 277 |
| CRI (Sear Imperators) 49 - 27 BC: | |
| CRR (Sydenham): | 740 |
| Cal (Calicó): | 1050 |
| RBW: | |
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