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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
357/1a
357/1a
Image courtesy of: Bertolami Fine Arts

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:
Other authors:

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