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Roman Republican, Roman Republic, L. Cassius Longinus, AR denarius, Rome 78 BC, Bacchus/Prosperina
Roman Republican, Roman Republic, L. Cassius Longinus, AR denarius, Rome 78 BC, Bacchus/Prosperina
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Roman Republican, Roman Republic, L. Cassius Longinus, AR denarius, Rome 78 BC, garlanded head of Bacchus left/garlanded head of Prosperina right. 18 mm, 3.79 g.
Lucius Cassius Longinus, the moneyer for this issue, is principally interesting as a participant in the Catilinarian conspiracy. He was proscribed but managed to flee the city of Rome, and it is not known if he was executed or escaped Antoninus and Cicero's revenge.
VF, obverse struck off-centre, minor roughness and marks. Scarce.
Cr. 386/1
