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<p>[QUOTE="Curtisimo, post: 8079605, member: 83845"]Excellent write up and nice coin [USER=128351]@GinoLR[/USER] !</p><p><br /></p><p>I’ve added several Libertas coins to my collection this year. </p><p><br /></p><p>This example references a famous trial, Ravilla and the <i>Lex Cassia Tabellaria. </i>I wrote about the connections here: </p><p><b><font size="4"><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/republican-denarius-that-has-it-all-great-story-interesting-type-and-old-provenance.389063/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/republican-denarius-that-has-it-all-great-story-interesting-type-and-old-provenance.389063/">Republican Denarius that has it all: Great Story, Interesting Type and Old Provenance</a></font></b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1402775[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">Roman Republican</font></p><p><font size="3">Q. Cassius Longinus, moneyer</font></p><p><font size="3">AR Denarius, Rome mint, struck 55 BC</font></p><p><font size="3">Dia.: 20.2 mm</font></p><p><font size="3">Wt.: 3.95g</font></p><p><font size="3">Obv.: Head of Libertas right, wearing hair collected into a knot, decorated with jewels, and falling down neck, and wearing single-drop earring and necklace of pendants; LIBERT upward to left, Q • CASSIVS downward to right.</font></p><p><font size="3">Rev.: Temple of Vesta, circular, surmounted by figure holding scepter and patera, flanked by antefixes; curule chair within; urn to left, tabella (voting tablet) [inscribed AC (Absolvo Condemno)] to right.</font></p><p><font size="3">Ref.: Crawford 428/2; Sydenham 918</font></p><p><font size="3">Ex Prof Dr Hildebrecht Hommel Collection, acquired from Hirsch, Auction 63 (July 1969), lot 2454; Ex Dr. Busso Peus Nachf., Auction 422 (April 26, 2018), lot 424 (part of); Ex Kölner Münzkabinet Auction 109, Lot 360 (November 16, 2018)</font></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1402774[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Roman Republic</font></p><p><font size="3">M. Junius Brutus</font></p><p><font size="3">AR Denarius, Rome mint, struck 54 BC</font></p><p><font size="3">Dia.: 20.5 mm</font></p><p><font size="3">Wt.: 3.56 g</font></p><p><font size="3">Obv.: LIBERTAS; Head of Liberty right</font></p><p><font size="3">Rev.: BRVTVS; Consul L. Junius Brutus walking left between two lictors, each carrying fasces over shoulder, preceded by accensus</font></p><p><font size="3">Ref.: Crawford 433/1, Sydenham 906, Sear 397</font></p><p><font size="3">Ex Michael Kelly Collection</font></p><p><br /></p><p>...and for good measure here is my favorite US depiction of Liberty. It’s a wonderful design inspired by the early RR denarii but also makes the mistake of the Phrygian cap.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1402776[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Curtisimo, post: 8079605, member: 83845"]Excellent write up and nice coin [USER=128351]@GinoLR[/USER] ! I’ve added several Libertas coins to my collection this year. This example references a famous trial, Ravilla and the [I]Lex Cassia Tabellaria. [/I]I wrote about the connections here: [B][SIZE=4][URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/republican-denarius-that-has-it-all-great-story-interesting-type-and-old-provenance.389063/']Republican Denarius that has it all: Great Story, Interesting Type and Old Provenance[/URL][/SIZE][/B] [ATTACH=full]1402775[/ATTACH] [SIZE=3]Roman Republican Q. Cassius Longinus, moneyer AR Denarius, Rome mint, struck 55 BC Dia.: 20.2 mm Wt.: 3.95g Obv.: Head of Libertas right, wearing hair collected into a knot, decorated with jewels, and falling down neck, and wearing single-drop earring and necklace of pendants; LIBERT upward to left, Q • CASSIVS downward to right. Rev.: Temple of Vesta, circular, surmounted by figure holding scepter and patera, flanked by antefixes; curule chair within; urn to left, tabella (voting tablet) [inscribed AC (Absolvo Condemno)] to right. Ref.: Crawford 428/2; Sydenham 918 Ex Prof Dr Hildebrecht Hommel Collection, acquired from Hirsch, Auction 63 (July 1969), lot 2454; Ex Dr. Busso Peus Nachf., Auction 422 (April 26, 2018), lot 424 (part of); Ex Kölner Münzkabinet Auction 109, Lot 360 (November 16, 2018)[/SIZE] [ATTACH=full]1402774[/ATTACH] [SIZE=3]Roman Republic M. Junius Brutus AR Denarius, Rome mint, struck 54 BC Dia.: 20.5 mm Wt.: 3.56 g Obv.: LIBERTAS; Head of Liberty right Rev.: BRVTVS; Consul L. Junius Brutus walking left between two lictors, each carrying fasces over shoulder, preceded by accensus Ref.: Crawford 433/1, Sydenham 906, Sear 397 Ex Michael Kelly Collection[/SIZE] ...and for good measure here is my favorite US depiction of Liberty. It’s a wonderful design inspired by the early RR denarii but also makes the mistake of the Phrygian cap. [ATTACH=full]1402776[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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