DR-466 | Crawford: 386/1
Lucius Cassius Longinus
Lucius Cassius Longinus
Gens: Casia
Moneyer: Lucius Cassius Longinus
Date and mint: 78 BC - Rome
Obverse: Liber's head, right, with ivy crown and thyrsus on the shoulder. Dotted border.
Legend:
Reverse: Head of Libera, left, with vine crown. Dotted border.
Legend: L CASSI Q F
Comment: According to Babelon, the present denarius refers to the Aedes Cereris temple, which was located near the Circus Maximus and which was built by a member of the Cassia gens and was consecrated to Ceres, Liber or Bacoy Libera, this was the temple in which the decrees of the senate were kept so that citizens could have access to them.
Provenance: Numismatica Ars Classica (2021)
Price: 2,054 €
Other references
| Crawford: | 386/1 |
| DR: | 466 |
| BMCRR (Grueber): | Roma 3152 |
| B (Babelon): | Cassia 6 |
| RSC (Seaby): | Cassia 6 |
| FFC (Fdez., Fdez., Calicó): | 556 |
| RC / RCV (D. Sear): | 317 |
| CRI (Sear Imperators) 49 - 27 BC: | |
| CRR (Sydenham): | 779 |
| Cal (Calicó): | 410 |
| RBW: | 1419 |
| Other authors: |
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