DR-605 | Crawford: 445/3a
Caius Claudius Marcellus / Lucius Cornelius Lentulus Crus
Caius Claudius Marcellus / Lucius Cornelius Lentulus Crus
Gens: Claudia / Cornelia
Moneyer: Caius Claudius Marcellus / Lucius Cornelius Lentulus Crus
Date and mint: 49 BC - ?
Obverse: Bust of Jupiter, right. Dotted border.
Legend:
Reverse: Artemis of Ephesus, front. Dotted border.
Legend: L LENTVLVS C MARC COS
Comment: Lucius Cornelius was appointed praetor in 58 BC and consul in 49 BC. He was a harsh opponent of Caesar and one of the biggest provocateurs of the second civil war. He fled with Pompey after the Battle of Pharsalia
Provenance: Classical Numismatic group (1997)
Price: 742 €
Other references
| Crawford: | 445/3a |
| DR: | 605 |
| BMCRR (Grueber): | p. 467 nt. |
| B (Babelon): | Claudia -- Cornelia 67 |
| RSC (Seaby): | Claudia -- Cornelia 67a |
| FFC (Fdez., Fdez., Calicó): | 648 |
| RC / RCV (D. Sear): | 416 |
| CRI (Sear Imperators) 49 - 27 BC: | 6 |
| CRR (Sydenham): | 1031b |
| Cal (Calicó): | 505 |
| RBW: | |
| Other authors: |
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