GAUL, Treveri. Roman Republican period. 30/29 BC. Æ (15mm, 3.19 g, 12h). Gaius Carinas, governor. VF.

Triton XXIX – Session 5
Lot: 5530. Estimated: $ 300

Roman Provincial, Bronze

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GAUL, Treveri. Roman Republican period. 30/29 BC. Æ (15mm, 3.19 g, 12h). Gaius Carinas, governor. Elephant standing right; CARIN[A] (partially retrograde) below / Emblems of the pontificate: apex, securis, aspergillum, and simpulum. Reding 12, 111-117; Scheers, Traité 162, classe II; RPC I 502. Brown patina. VF. Rare.

From the Patrick Villemur Collection. Ex Naville Numismatics 23 (12 June 2016), lot 175 (there as the more common magistrate A. Hirtius). From the E. E. Clain-Stefanelli Collection.

On the orders of Julius Caesar in 45 BC, Gaius Carinas was sent to Hispania to eliminate that last remnants of the the Pompeii line, the Republicans Sextus and Gnaeus Pomeius. He was unsuccessful, Sextus and Gnaeus managed to escape. Despite his loss, he was appointed consul, then governor of Spain. In 31 BC he was made governor of Gaul where he successfully defended against the Morini and Suebi tribes, he was honored with a triumph in 29 BC.

Closing Date and Time: 21 January 2026 at 12:56:20 ET.



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