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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |Roman Republic| > |211-100 B.C.| > RR88374
Roman Republic, Mn. Aemilius Lepidus, 114 - 113 B.C.
|211-100| |B.C.|, |Roman| |Republic,| |Mn.| |Aemilius| |Lepidus,| |114| |-| |113| |B.C.|, The triple-arch probably represents the Aqua Marcia, an aqueduct begun by M. Aemilius Lepidus and M. Fulvius Nobilior as Censors in 179 B.C.

Mn. Aemilius M.f. Lepidus was a moneyer, a magistrate, responsible for the production of the Roman coinage. Magistrates were not simple mint workers, they were officials who controlled the process, including the design on the coins themselves. During the Roman Republic, moneyers were called tresviri aere argento auro flando feriundo, literally "three men for casting (and) striking bronze, silver (and) gold (coins)"
RR88374. Silver denarius, Crawford 291/1, Sydenham 554, RSC I Aemilia 7, BMCRR Italy 590, Russo RBW 1124, SRCV I 168, VF, rough areas, edge crack, scratch on neck, Rome mint, weight 3.912g, maximum diameter 20.0mm, die axis 315o, 114 - 113 B.C.; obverse laureate and draped bust of Roma right, ROMA (MA ligate) upward before, X (XVI ligature, mark of value=16 asses) behind; reverse MN•AEMILIO (MN in monogram), horseman holding vertical spear (equestrian statue) right, on triple-arch containing L-E-P; ex Classical Numismatic Group; SOLD











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