Q. Cassius Longinus (ca. 55 BC). AR denarius (19mm, 3h). NGC VF, bankers mark, scratch, graffito. Rome. Q•CASSIVS-VEST, diademed and veiled head of Vesta right / Curule chair within circular temple of Vesta between urn and voting tablet inscribed A C (Absolvo Condemno). Crawford 428/1. Sydenham 916. Cassia 7. From the Bacchus Collection As on Crawford 413/1 of L. Cassius Longinus, the obverse/reverse combination on this issue refers to the Trial of the Vestal Virgins in 113 BC, presided over by the moneyer's ancestor, L. Cassius Longinus Ravilla.

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