Description
Collection Number: WC 714
Object Number:
Dates: 119 BC - 119 BC
Denomination: Denarius
Dimensions: 19.08mm
Weight: 3.91g
Authority: Roman Republic
Languages: Latin
Obverse Type: M·FOVRI·L·F; Laureate head of Janus, around, inscription. Border of dots.
RRC: Laureate head of Janus, around, M·FOVRI·L·F. Border of dots.
Obverse Legend:
M·FOVRI·L·F
Obverse Inscription Languages: Latin
Obverse Mintmarks:
N/A
Obverse Inscription Comment: Legend starts @ 6 o'clock, anticlockwise
Reverse Type: ROMA; Roma standing left, holding sceptre in left hand and crowing trophy with right hand; above, star; the trophy is surmounted by a helmet in the form of a boar's head and flanked by a carnyx and shield on each side. Border of dots.
RRC: Roma (wearing Corinthian helmet) standing left, holding sceptre in left hand and crowing trophy with right hand (on well-executed and well-preserved specimens the right breast may seem to be bear); above, star; the trophy is surmounted by a helmet in the form of a boar's head and flanked by a carnyx and shield on each side; in exergue PHILI (ligatured). Border of dots.
Reverse Legend:
PHILI
Reverse Inscription Languages: Latin
Reverse Mintmarks:
N/A
Reverse Inscription Comments: PHI ligatured
Bibliography
CRRO: http://numismatics.org/crro/id/rrc-281.1
Wulfing II p. 13 n. 232, Plate 11
RRC p. 297 n. 281/1, Plate XXXIX
CRR 529