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Denarius C. Claudius Marcellus / L. Cornelius Lentulus Crus, L•LENTVLVS C•MARC•COS
| Issuer | Roman Republic (509 BC - 27 BC) |
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| Year | 49 BC |
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| Currency | Denarius of 16 Asses (141 – 27 BC) |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed, bearded male bust facing right, rendered in a bold and vigorous style characteristic of late Republican military coinage. The hair is depicted in thick, heavily worked curls swept back from the forehead, and the beard is full and deeply engraved with stylized striations. The portrait, traditionally identified as Jupiter or a bearded deity, occupies the central field within a plain border of beaded dots. No legend appears on the obverse, the dies being inscribed solely on the reverse. |
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| Reverse description | Cult statue of Juno Sospita standing facing, richly adorned and depicted in archaic style, wearing a goat-skin headdress with horns, a corselet decorated with rows of pellets, and holding a shield and spear; two tall standards or sceptres flank the figure on either side. The legend L•LENTVLVS C•MARC•COS is distributed around the periphery of the field in Latin capitals, identifying the two consuls of 49 BC — L. Cornelius Lentulus Crus and C. Claudius Marcellus — who authorized this emergency military issue. The whole composition is enclosed within a beaded border, the overall design reflecting the conservative iconographic traditions of the Roman Republican military mint. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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