M. Porcius Laeca was one of the moneyers for the year 125 BC. He is not otherwise known.
Gens Porcia, rarely written Portia, was a plebeian family at Ancient Rome. Its members first appear in history during the third century BC. The first of the gens to achieve the consulship was Marcus Porcius Cato in 195 BC, and from then until imperial times, the Porcii regularly occupied the highest offices of the Roman state.
In the time of the Republic, there were three main branches of the Porcii, bearing the surnames Laeca, Licinus, and Cato, of which the most illustrious was Cato. Other cognomina are found under the Empire.
Gens Porcia, rarely written Portia, was a plebeian family at Ancient Rome. Its members first appear in history during the third century BC. The first of the gens to achieve the consulship was Marcus Porcius Cato in 195 BC, and from then until imperial times, the Porcii regularly occupied the highest offices of the Roman state.
In the time of the Republic, there were three main branches of the Porcii, bearing the surnames Laeca, Licinus, and Cato, of which the most illustrious was Cato. Other cognomina are found under the Empire.
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M. Porcius Laeca
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Obverse: Helmeted bust of Roma right; LAECA behind, XVI monogram below chin
Reverse: Libertas driving quadriga right, holding pileus in right hand; Victory flying left above, crowning Libertas; M•PORC below, ROMA in exergue
Diameter:
18 mm
Die Orientation: 5 H
Weight: 3.96 g
Die Orientation: 5 H
Weight: 3.96 g
No notes for this coin
Crawford 270/1; RSC Porcia 3; Sear 146