Manius Aemilius Lepidus, silver denarius, 3.77 g.
Title
Manius Aemilius Lepidus, silver denarius, 3.77 g.
Creator
Manius Aemilius Lepidus
Date
114 - 113 BCE
Description
Obverse: Laureate and draped bust of Roma right; to left, star; to right, R[O]MA. Border of dots.
Reverse: Military equestrian statue on three-arched pedestal; horseman wearing cuirass and wreath and holding spear in right hand; around, MN AEMILIO; between arches, LEP. Border of dots.
Style/Period: Roman Republic
Manius Aemilius Lepidus used this coin to commemorate the construction of an aqueduct in 179 BCE by his ancestor Marcus Aemilius Lepidus. The inscription of his name between the arches on the reverse is in the dative, implying that the aqueduct was dedicated to his ancestor Aemilius. The inscription around the coin probably only refers to the minting magistrate. The bust on the obverse is probably Roma.
-- Bradford W. Wendel, LU '96
Bibliography: E. Babelon, Description historique et chronologique des monnaies de la republique romaine (Paris and London 1885-1886) Aemilia, 7; H. A. Grueber, Coins of the Roman Republic in the British Museum (London 1910), II, 291-292, no. 590; M. Stuart, "The Denarius of M. Aemilius Lepidus and the Aqua Marcia," American Journal of Archaeology 49 (1945) 226-251; T. R. S. Broughton, The Magistrates of the Roman Republic, II (New York 1952) 431; E. A. Sydenham, The Coinage of the Roman Republic (London 1952) 74, no. 554; M. H. Crawford, Roman Republican Coinage (London 1974), 305-306, no. 291/1; R. A. G. Carson, Principal Coins of the Romans, I (London 1978) 36, no. 106.
-- Bradford W. Wendel, LU '96
Bibliography: E. Babelon, Description historique et chronologique des monnaies de la republique romaine (Paris and London 1885-1886) Aemilia, 7; H. A. Grueber, Coins of the Roman Republic in the British Museum (London 1910), II, 291-292, no. 590; M. Stuart, "The Denarius of M. Aemilius Lepidus and the Aqua Marcia," American Journal of Archaeology 49 (1945) 226-251; T. R. S. Broughton, The Magistrates of the Roman Republic, II (New York 1952) 431; E. A. Sydenham, The Coinage of the Roman Republic (London 1952) 74, no. 554; M. H. Crawford, Roman Republican Coinage (London 1974), 305-306, no. 291/1; R. A. G. Carson, Principal Coins of the Romans, I (London 1978) 36, no. 106.
Source
Classics Department Collection
Identifier
C015
Rights
Wriston Art Center Galleries, Lawrence University, Appleton, WI,wriston-gallery@lawrence.edu,920-832-6890
Files
Citation
Manius Aemilius Lepidus, “Manius Aemilius Lepidus, silver denarius, 3.77 g.,” Lawrence University Classics Department & Ottilia Buerger Coin Collections, accessed November 5, 2026, https://thor.lawrence.edu/omeka/buerger/items/show/375.