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L. Cassius Longinus AR Denarius. Rome, 63 BC. Head of Vesta to left, wearing veil and diadem; kylix behind, control mark before / LONGIN III V, voter to left, dropping tablet marked V into cista. Crawford 413/1; BMCRR Rome 3931; Sydenham 935; RSC Cassia 10. 3.96g, 19mm, 7h.
Near Extremely Fine; attractive luminescent toning.
Acquired from Naville Numismatics Ltd.
The moneyer's grandfather, L. Cassius Longinus Ravilla, was a respected judge who presided over the re-trial of three Vestal Virgins who, in 113 BC, were accused of being unchaste. Having first been acquitted by the pontifices, Ravilla found them guilty, and condemned and put to death two of them. This obverse type marks 50 years since those events had unfolded, while the reverse type notes how, as a tribune of the plebs in 137 BC, Ravilla had successfully proposed in the Concilium Plebis the lex Cassia tabellaria, which was a measure to change the voting system to one of secret ballot.
Near Extremely Fine; attractive luminescent toning.
Acquired from Naville Numismatics Ltd.
The moneyer's grandfather, L. Cassius Longinus Ravilla, was a respected judge who presided over the re-trial of three Vestal Virgins who, in 113 BC, were accused of being unchaste. Having first been acquitted by the pontifices, Ravilla found them guilty, and condemned and put to death two of them. This obverse type marks 50 years since those events had unfolded, while the reverse type notes how, as a tribune of the plebs in 137 BC, Ravilla had successfully proposed in the Concilium Plebis the lex Cassia tabellaria, which was a measure to change the voting system to one of secret ballot.