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Monthly Archive for November, 2008
M. Porcius Laeca, 125 BC. AR denarius.
Obverse: Helmeted head of Roma right, LAECA behind.
Reverse: Libertas in quadriga, crowned by Victory, M POR ROMA below.
Cr270/1, Syd 513.
This moneyer was a descendant of P. Porcius Laeca, praetor in 195 BC. who proposed and carried out the Lex Porcia Provocatione. This granted the Roman citizen residing outside the city the right of appeal in criminal matters against the magistrates acting in their military capacity.
I am going to be updating this site to the latest version of Wordpress. It has been a few years since I did that, plus I slightly hacked the old version, so it may not go perfectly the first time. Just a heads up if you come here and it is all screwed up.
