Issuer: Monetary magistrate Lucius Memmius [L. MEMMI]
Ceca: Southern Italy, Reggio?
Value: Denari
oRonology: 109 or 108 a. C., Republi
c Description: Front: head of young male, possibly Apollo, right. Right, X- value mark. B
ack: two young males, Castor and Polux, standing and front, holding the horses by the flanges; over their heads, two stars representing morning and afternoon. Below, L. MEMMI (legend currently lost). Met
al: SilverD
imensions: Diameter, 19 mm.; weight, 3,907 g
r. Bibliographic reference: Burgos Delgado, 1980a, p. 108,
no. 99Inventario: Collection Lifc
huz/174-BNote: The co-chairs Cástor and Pollux are two young dorio heroes, called God's children (from the Greek Dióskuros son of Zeus), protectors of warriors and navigators. His cult, widespread in Greece, spread to Rome and from there to the rest of Italy, being adopted as dilect gods. The Romans attributed to their intervention the victory in the battle of Lake Regilo, in which the Roman cavalry defeated the Latin League. This denario seals the representation of Apollo, pastoral god and warrior.
Ceca: Southern Italy, Reggio?
Value: Denari
oRonology: 109 or 108 a. C., Republi
c Description: Front: head of young male, possibly Apollo, right. Right, X- value mark. B
ack: two young males, Castor and Polux, standing and front, holding the horses by the flanges; over their heads, two stars representing morning and afternoon. Below, L. MEMMI (legend currently lost). Met
al: SilverD
imensions: Diameter, 19 mm.; weight, 3,907 g
r. Bibliographic reference: Burgos Delgado, 1980a, p. 108,
no. 99Inventario: Collection Lifc
huz/174-BNote: The co-chairs Cástor and Pollux are two young dorio heroes, called God's children (from the Greek Dióskuros son of Zeus), protectors of warriors and navigators. His cult, widespread in Greece, spread to Rome and from there to the rest of Italy, being adopted as dilect gods. The Romans attributed to their intervention the victory in the battle of Lake Regilo, in which the Roman cavalry defeated the Latin League. This denario seals the representation of Apollo, pastoral god and warrior.
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