Issuer: Judge Caius Caecilius Metellus Caprarius C[C. METELLVS]
eca: RomeV
alue: Denario
Cronology: 125 a. C., RepublicD
escription: Front: head of Rome with helmet, to the right. Left, ROME. Below, value mark X_ (legend practically lost). Ba
ck: male figure standing, Jupiter, guiding a biga of elephants, to the left. Elephants wear a little bell. On top of that, a winged woman, Victoria, flying over and carrying a crown. Below, C. METELLVS.
Metal: Silve
rDimensions: Diameter, 17.5 mm.; weight, 3,925 g
r. Bibliographical reference: Burgos Delgado, 1980a, p. 87-88, n
o 63Inventario: Collection Lifchuz/5
3-B3Note: This denario recalls the victory of a member of the caecilia gene, L. Caecilius Metellus, over the Carthaginian in Panormo. After this triumph, the captured elephants were exhibited in Rome. A biga of elephants guided by Jupiter, the chief Roman divinity, and Victoria, the military success flying over to crown it, thus representing it under the adscription of Rome, the Urbe, as triumphant.
eca: RomeV
alue: Denario
Cronology: 125 a. C., RepublicD
escription: Front: head of Rome with helmet, to the right. Left, ROME. Below, value mark X_ (legend practically lost). Ba
ck: male figure standing, Jupiter, guiding a biga of elephants, to the left. Elephants wear a little bell. On top of that, a winged woman, Victoria, flying over and carrying a crown. Below, C. METELLVS.
Metal: Silve
rDimensions: Diameter, 17.5 mm.; weight, 3,925 g
r. Bibliographical reference: Burgos Delgado, 1980a, p. 87-88, n
o 63Inventario: Collection Lifchuz/5
3-B3Note: This denario recalls the victory of a member of the caecilia gene, L. Caecilius Metellus, over the Carthaginian in Panormo. After this triumph, the captured elephants were exhibited in Rome. A biga of elephants guided by Jupiter, the chief Roman divinity, and Victoria, the military success flying over to crown it, thus representing it under the adscription of Rome, the Urbe, as triumphant.
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