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Search Advanced Search Search By Coin ID     Home ANCIENT/BYZANTINE Ancient Spain (872) Byzantine (753) MEDIEVAL/EARLY WORLD Germany (30) MODERN WORLD COUNTERFEITS AND IMITATIONS   Submit New Coin(s)   Sponsors page Terms of Service Contact Us About Us FAQ Page Coin Detail Click here to see enlarged image. ID:     75000903 Type:     Roman Republican Issuer:     P. Cornelius Lentulus Marcellinus [COS QUINQ] Date Ruled:     50 BC Metal:     Silver Denomination:     Denarius Struck / Cast:     struck Date Struck:     BC 50 Weight:     3.76 g Die Axis:     5 h Obverse Legend:     MARCELLINVS Obverse Description:     Bare head of the consul M. Claudius Marcellus right; triskeles behind Reverse Legend:     COS Q VIN Q / MARCELLVS Reverse Description:     M. Claudius Marcellus advancing right, carrying trophy into tetrastyle temple Mint:     Rome Primary Reference:     Crawford 439/1 Reference2:     RSC Claudia 11 Reference3:     Syd 1147 Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=103811 Grade:     VF, light toning, minor porosity Notes:     Sale: CNG 75, Lot: 903 Rare. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 50 (23 June 1999), lot 1334.This moneyer, presumably the quaestor of 48 BC, here honors his most famous ancestor, the holder of five consulships and one of the principal Roman heroes of the Second Punic War. The triskeles alludes to his conquest of Sicily in 212-210 BC, the spoils from which rescued the state from imminent bankruptcy. The reverse type commemorates his spolia opima, the arms won in 222 BC when, as consul, he slew an Insubrian chieftain with his own hands in the course of the Roman conquest of Cisalpine Gaul.

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