DR-570 | Crawford: 428/2
Quintus Cassius Longinus
Quintus Cassius Longinus

Gens: Casia
Moneyer: Quintus Cassius Longinus
Date and mint: 55 BC - Rome


Obverse: Bust of Libertas, right. Dotted border.
Legend: LIBERT Q CASSIVS

Reverse: Temple of Vesta; inside, curúl chair; on the left, urn; To the right, tablet with the inscription A C. Dotted border.
Legend:

Comment: The reverse alludes to an ancestor of the magistrate named Lucius Cassius Longinus, who, as praetor, reviewed a trial after it had already been closed. The initials A.C Absolvo, Condemno refer to the right of the Roman people to acquit or condemn if the result of the trial was believed to have been erroneous.

Provenance: Classical Numismatic group (2015)
Price: 1,971 €