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Obverse: diademed bust of Vejovis left, from behind, hurling thunderbolt
Reverse: Minerva in quadriga right holding javelin and reins, shield C·LICINIUS·L·F / MACER
Diameter:
21 mm
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 3.66 g
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 3.66 g
Moneyer was an official and annalist of ancient Rome. He became tribune in 73 BC and praetor in 68, but in 66 Cicero succeeded in convicting him of bribery and extortion, upon which Macer committed suicide.
He wrote a history of Rome, in 16 books which is now lost. Livy casts doubt on Macer's reliability, suggesting that he misrepresented events in order to glorify the Licinii, but notes that he quotes original sources, such as the Linen Rolls. (wikipedia)
Crawford 354/1, SRCV I 274, RSC I Licinia 16, Sydenham 732