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C. Cassius Longinus AR Denarius. Military mint travelling with Brutus and Cassius, probably at Smyrna, 42 BC. P. Cornelius Lentulus Spinther, legate. Diademed and draped head of Libertas right; LEIBERTAS upwards before, C•CASSI•IMP upwards behind / Capis and lituus; LENTVLVS SPINT in two lines below. Crawford 500/3; CRI 221; RSC 4. 3.47g, 20mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine; wonderful old cabinet tone.
Ex Elvira Elisa Clain-Stefanelli Collection.
Along with Brutus, Cassius was one of the main conspirators in the tyrannicide of Julius Caesar. The two formed an allegiance against the combined forces of Marc Antony and Octavian; however Plutarch suggests that there was a great deal of tension between the two. He presents Cassius as an unpopular man, who used fear to keep his soldiers in check, describing him as a a man of "violent temper" whose character was less sincere than his allies's. Not a great deal is known about P. Cornelius Lentulus Spinther, but the jug and lituus which accompany his legend are symbolic of his membership to the college of augurs.
The deliberately archaic spelling of LEIBERTAS is most likely an attempt to recall Rome's ancient republican tradition which Brutus and his allies were fighting to restore.
Extremely Fine; wonderful old cabinet tone.
Ex Elvira Elisa Clain-Stefanelli Collection.
Along with Brutus, Cassius was one of the main conspirators in the tyrannicide of Julius Caesar. The two formed an allegiance against the combined forces of Marc Antony and Octavian; however Plutarch suggests that there was a great deal of tension between the two. He presents Cassius as an unpopular man, who used fear to keep his soldiers in check, describing him as a a man of "violent temper" whose character was less sincere than his allies's. Not a great deal is known about P. Cornelius Lentulus Spinther, but the jug and lituus which accompany his legend are symbolic of his membership to the college of augurs.
The deliberately archaic spelling of LEIBERTAS is most likely an attempt to recall Rome's ancient republican tradition which Brutus and his allies were fighting to restore.