Issuer: Monetary Magistrate Titus Carisi[T. CARISIVS]
us Ceca:
RomeValue: De
narioCronology: 46 BC, Repub
licDescription: Front: Head of Sibyl, Herophile or Aphrodisiac, right, with hair wrapped with ribbons. Dot record. B
ack: sphinx seated, right. Right, T. CARISIVS (or CARISIV, legend practically lost). Underneath, III. Vir. (abbreviation for triumvir-vir
i) Metal: Si
lverDimensions: Diameter, 21 mm.; weight, 4,012
gr. Bibliographical reference: Burgos Delgado, 1980a, p. 172,
no 249Inventario: Collection Lifchu
z/73-BComentario: This denario reproduces previous Greek coins. Your character's identification is uncertain. In this way, it is recorded as Aphrodisiacy Sibyl in the Roman numismatics as well as Herphilic Sibyl in the Greek. The latter priestess is credited with predicting the destruction of Troy because of a Spartan-born woman Helena. For its part, the sphinx represents destruction.
us Ceca:
RomeValue: De
narioCronology: 46 BC, Repub
licDescription: Front: Head of Sibyl, Herophile or Aphrodisiac, right, with hair wrapped with ribbons. Dot record. B
ack: sphinx seated, right. Right, T. CARISIVS (or CARISIV, legend practically lost). Underneath, III. Vir. (abbreviation for triumvir-vir
i) Metal: Si
lverDimensions: Diameter, 21 mm.; weight, 4,012
gr. Bibliographical reference: Burgos Delgado, 1980a, p. 172,
no 249Inventario: Collection Lifchu
z/73-BComentario: This denario reproduces previous Greek coins. Your character's identification is uncertain. In this way, it is recorded as Aphrodisiacy Sibyl in the Roman numismatics as well as Herphilic Sibyl in the Greek. The latter priestess is credited with predicting the destruction of Troy because of a Spartan-born woman Helena. For its part, the sphinx represents destruction.
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