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Denarius Quintus Lutatius Cerco, Q LVTATI / Q.
| Uitgever | Roman Republic (509 BC - 27 BC) |
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| Jaar | 109 BC - 108 BC |
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| Gewicht | 3.85 g |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Helmeted head of Roma facing right, wearing a winged helmet adorned with a six-pointed star on the bowl and feather plume, with flowing hair locks descending behind the neck. A second six-pointed star appears in the field to the lower left. The legend ROMA is inscribed above in the upper field, and CERCO appears to the right in the lower field. The portrait is rendered in fine Republican style with strong facial features and a prominent nose. |
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| Rand | Plain |
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Quintus Lutatius Catulus — not Cerco, despite catalog conventions — commanded the Roman fleet at the Battle of the Aegates Islands in 241 BC, the engagement that ended the First Punic War and forced Carthage to cede Sicily. The moneyer behind this issue, likely a descendant bearing the same gens name, would have traded heavily on that ancestral prestige. The Lutatii Catuli were among the most politically visible families of the middle Republic, and coin issues bearing the name carried explicit genealogical weight in a system where moneyers competed for public recognition.