Issuer: Judge Aulus Postumius Albinus Cec[A.POST. A.F.S.N-A. BIN.]
a: Workshop B
Value: Denario Serrat
oCronology: 81 a. C., Republi
cDescription: Front: head of Hispania, right, with loose hair and in attitude of pain. Left, HISPAN. Dot record. Bac
k: standing swallowed character, left, extending the right arm over a legionnaire's eagle. Behind, some axe fasces. Left, under, right and center, A.POST. A.F.S.N-A. Bin.
Metal: Silve
rDimensions: Diameter, 19.5 mm.; weight, 3,925 gr.
Bibliographical reference: Burgos Delgado, 1980a, p. 143, no. 186
Inventario: Collection Lifchuz/215-BN
ote: This denario represents the defeat of the Hispanic peoples and the domination of Rome. The Roman provinces of the Iberian Peninsula, then called Hispania (now Spain and Portugal), are personified by a woman with an expression of[HISPAN] pain, since Lusitania's submission is embodied through the togada male figure that extends her right arm over a legionary eagle. To his left, fasces, consular insignia, symbolize dignity and power.
a: Workshop B
Value: Denario Serrat
oCronology: 81 a. C., Republi
cDescription: Front: head of Hispania, right, with loose hair and in attitude of pain. Left, HISPAN. Dot record. Bac
k: standing swallowed character, left, extending the right arm over a legionnaire's eagle. Behind, some axe fasces. Left, under, right and center, A.POST. A.F.S.N-A. Bin.
Metal: Silve
rDimensions: Diameter, 19.5 mm.; weight, 3,925 gr.
Bibliographical reference: Burgos Delgado, 1980a, p. 143, no. 186
Inventario: Collection Lifchuz/215-BN
ote: This denario represents the defeat of the Hispanic peoples and the domination of Rome. The Roman provinces of the Iberian Peninsula, then called Hispania (now Spain and Portugal), are personified by a woman with an expression of[HISPAN] pain, since Lusitania's submission is embodied through the togada male figure that extends her right arm over a legionary eagle. To his left, fasces, consular insignia, symbolize dignity and power.
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