weight 3,80gr. | silver Ø 17,5mm.
obv. Head of Roma with winged helmet right, LAECA behind,
value Ӿ below chin
rev. Libertas in quadriga galloping right, holding reins and
rod (vindicta) in left hand and pileus in right hand, being crowned
by Victory flying left, M•PORC below, ROMA in exergue.
The gens Porcia, rarely written Portia, was a plebeian family at Ancient Rome. The nomen Porcius was derived from porcus, a pig. The Porcii were reputed to have come from the ancient city of Tusculum in Latium. The chief praenomina of the Porcii were Marcus, Lucius, and Gaius, the three most common names throughout Roman history. The Porcii Catones favoured Marcus almost to the exclusion of the others, while the Porcii Licini favoured Lucius. The Porcii Laecae used Lucius and Publius, a name not known to have been used by the other two families. 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.
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. Marcus Porcius Laeca was apponted triumvir monetalis in 125 BC his coins feature Libertas holding a pileus, the symbol of freedom, a reference to the Lex Porcia passed by Publius Porcius Laeca, the tribune of 199.
Crawford 270/1 | Sydenham 513 | Albert 1023 | Sear 146
slightly off-centre strike
vf-
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