GENS PROCILIA - Promesses are promesses...

I said i would start blogging here again, and that's wath i intend to do. Here is a beautiful coin i just bought (vauctions - 111usd) to celebrate this blog's return to action!

A gorgeous piece of republican coinage, Procilia family, 80bc.

Joannus dixit.

L. Procilius. 80 BC. AR Denarius (17mm - 3.85 g). Rome mint. Laureate head of Jupiter right / Juno Sospita walking right, hurling spear and holding shield; serpent before. Crawford 379/1; Sydenham 771; Procilia 1. VF

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"This family, said to be of Lanuvian origin, was of plebeian order, as appears of its name beeing associated with the tribunate of the people. Its coins, which are rare, offer but two varieties, both silver" - Dictionary of Roman Coins