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Lot
# 415 - Auction is closed.Estimate: US$200
/ Price Realized: US$300
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Q. Cassius Longinus. Denarius
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Q. Cassius Longinus. Denarius, 3.67gg. (3h). . , 55 BC. Obv: Bust of Liberty right, LIBERT behind, Q CASSIVS before. Rx: Curule chair within temple of Vesta; to left, urn; to right, voting tablet inscribed AC. Crawford 428/2. Sydenham 918. RSC Cassia 8. EF.
The reverse type refers to the fact that an ancestor of the moneyer presided over an investigation into the condemnation of several Vestal Virgins for incest in 113 BC (BMC I, p. 481, note 2).
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