1. Artemide Aste
  2. Artemide LIX (6-7 Maggio 2023)
  3. The Roman Republic
The Basilica Aemilia
Lotto 470:
Repubblica Romana. M. Aemilius Lepidus. AR Denarius, 61 BC. Obv. Laureate and veiled female bust right. Rev. Basilica Aemilia; above, AIMILIA; on left, REF; on right, S·C; below, M·LEPIDVS. Cr. 419/3a; B. (Aemilia) 25. AR. 3.66 g. 18.50 mm. RR. Very rare. Sound metal. Perfectly centred, brilliant and superb. About EF.
The reverse records the restoration of the Basilica Aemilia by the moneyer's father during his consulship in 78 BC, at which time he embellished it by adding clipei (shields). Erected in 179 BC by the censors Marcus Aemilius Lepidus (after whom the basilica is named) and Marcus Fulvius Nobilior, completely rebuilt over two decades and dedicated in 34 BC, restored after a fire by Augustus in 14 BC, and then again in AD 22 on its two-hundredth anniversary, the Basilica Aemilia was considered by Pliny to be one of the most beautiful buildings in Rome. It was a place for business and, in the porticus of Gaius and Lucius (the grandsons of Augustus) fronting the Forum, there were the Tabernae Novae (New Shops).
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