Roma Numismatics Ltd
Auction XV 5 Apr 2018
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M. Aemilius Lepidus AR Denarius. Rome, 61 BC. Veiled and laureate head of the Vestal Virgin Aemilia right / View of the Basilica Aemilia with circular shields attached to the columns; AIMILIA above, REF to left; SC to right, M LEPIDVS below. Crawford 419/3a; RSC Aemilia 26. 3.98g, 20mm, 4h.
Extremely Fine; two hairline marks on obv. Very Rare, and in excellent condition for the issue.
The obverse of this type commemorates the Vestal Virgin Aemilia, who on an occasion when the Sacred Fire was extinguished, miraculously rekindled it by throwing one of her most exquisite garments upon the extinct embers. The reverse records the restoration of the Basilica Aemilia by the moneyer's father during his consulship in 78 BC, at which time he embellished it by adding clipei (shields). This moneyer would later become one of the Triumvirs along with Marc Antony and Octavian.
Extremely Fine; two hairline marks on obv. Very Rare, and in excellent condition for the issue.
The obverse of this type commemorates the Vestal Virgin Aemilia, who on an occasion when the Sacred Fire was extinguished, miraculously rekindled it by throwing one of her most exquisite garments upon the extinct embers. The reverse records the restoration of the Basilica Aemilia by the moneyer's father during his consulship in 78 BC, at which time he embellished it by adding clipei (shields). This moneyer would later become one of the Triumvirs along with Marc Antony and Octavian.