Freeman & Sear
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ROMAN REPUBLIC. P. Porcius Laeca. Circa 106 BC. Silver denarius (3.96 gm). Head of Roma right in winged helmet decorated with griffin crest, wearing pendant earring and beaded necklace, P• LÆCA behind, mark of value X below chin, dotted border / General standing half-left, wearing thorax (metal cuirass), raising right hand over togate man standing half-right, holding right hand palm upward, lictor with unbound fasces standing half-left behind general, holding one virga (rod) in right hand and two in left, PROVOCO in exergue. RRC 301/1. Nearly extremely fine
Ex Freeman & Sear Fixed Price List 7, Spring 2003, G190.
The interesting reverse type alludes to the Roman legal principle of provocatio, a procedure by which citizens had the right to appeal to the people against abuses of power by magistrates. Probably an ancestor of the moneyer was responsible for a Lex Porcia extending this protection to citizens outside the city of Rome.
Ex Freeman & Sear Fixed Price List 7, Spring 2003, G190.
The interesting reverse type alludes to the Roman legal principle of provocatio, a procedure by which citizens had the right to appeal to the people against abuses of power by magistrates. Probably an ancestor of the moneyer was responsible for a Lex Porcia extending this protection to citizens outside the city of Rome.