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L. Aemilius Lepidus Paullus and L. Scribonius Libo AR Denarius. Rome, 62 BC. PAVLLVS•LEPIDVS CONCORD, diademed and veiled head of Concordia right / Puteal Scribonianum, garlanded, ornamented with lyres, with tongs at base; PVTEAL•SCRIBON around, LIBO in exergue. Crawford 417/1a; RSC Aemilia 11a. 3.99g, 20mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine. Tiny banker's mark to obv. Old collection tone with iridescent highlights.
From the Andrew McCabe Collection;
Ex JD Collection, Numismatica Ars Classica 78, 27 May 2014, lot 1844;
Ex Monnaies et Médailles Basle Auctiones 5, 2 December 1975, lot 576 (part of).
This type is known with two symbols: hammer and tongs, and the related Crawford 416 comes also with anvil (416/1c). Ursula Kampmann in 'Im Schatten der Adler Roms. Münzen der Republik aus der Sammlung Wyprächtiger' (Zurich, 2011), proposes that there are in fact four symbols, with the cap of liberty being the fourth, and apparently badly engraved anvils (this type) actually represent a cap of liberty. Support for this thesis comes from ancient wellheads that includes Vulcan's symbols of tongs, hammer, and anvil; some also show a head of Vulcan or his headgear, of course being the pileus or cap of liberty.
Near Extremely Fine. Tiny banker's mark to obv. Old collection tone with iridescent highlights.
From the Andrew McCabe Collection;
Ex JD Collection, Numismatica Ars Classica 78, 27 May 2014, lot 1844;
Ex Monnaies et Médailles Basle Auctiones 5, 2 December 1975, lot 576 (part of).
This type is known with two symbols: hammer and tongs, and the related Crawford 416 comes also with anvil (416/1c). Ursula Kampmann in 'Im Schatten der Adler Roms. Münzen der Republik aus der Sammlung Wyprächtiger' (Zurich, 2011), proposes that there are in fact four symbols, with the cap of liberty being the fourth, and apparently badly engraved anvils (this type) actually represent a cap of liberty. Support for this thesis comes from ancient wellheads that includes Vulcan's symbols of tongs, hammer, and anvil; some also show a head of Vulcan or his headgear, of course being the pileus or cap of liberty.