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Contributor: Teresa Darling.
Issuer:
Gens AEMILIA. Lucius Aemilius Lepidus Paullus, 62 BC. AR Denarius.
Obverse:
Diademed and veiled head of Concordia facing right, PAVLLVS LEPIDVS CONCORDIA upwards from left.
Reverse:
Togate male (Lucius Aemilius Lepidus) standing left erecting trophy in front of three captives (Perseus, king of Macedon, standing right with his two sons), TER above, PAVLLVS in exergue.
Reference:
Crawford 415/1. Grade: U.
Comments:
The obverse refers to the
concordia ordinum
of Cicero in the previous year. The reverse indicates that he claimed (falsely) descent from L. Aemilius Paullus. The moneyer was consul in 50 BC (see Crawford).