DR-736 | Crawford: 485/2
Lucius Flaminius Chilo
Lucius Flaminius Chilo

Gens: Flaminia
Moneyer: Lucius Flaminius Chilo
Date and mint: 43 BC - Rome


Obverse: Bust of Venus, right, diadem. Dotted border.
Legend: IIII VIR PRI FL

Reverse: Victoria in biga, right, holding crown on left and reins on right. Dotted border.
Legend: L FLAMIN CHILO

Comment: The author of this denarius reminds us on the back of an ancestor of his, of the same name, from whom he took the motif of the chariot driven by Victoria, and which according to Babelon recalls the victories of L. Flaminius Chilo in Gaul, back in the years 223 BC. After Caesar's assassination, a religious institution was created in charge of honoring the new God, Ivlivs Caesar, hence the part of the PRI FL legend, this theory has been left to us by Cohen.

Provenance: Roma Numismatics (2023)
Price: 460 €