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Roman Republican Coinage
(509 BC – 27 BC)
Anonymous Didrachm (Quadrigatus) - Janiform head and Jupiter in Quadriga (Crawf. 30/1), 225 BC
Republican Quinarius - Dioscuri Galloping (Crawf. 103/2b), 211 BC
Anonymous Roma Denarius - Dioscuri Galloping (Crawf. 53/2), 211 BC
L. Sempronius Pitio Denarius - Dioscuri Galloping (Crawf. 216/1), 148 BC
Q. Marcius Libo Denarius - Dioscuri Galloping (Crawf. 215/1), 148 BC
M. Sergius Silus Denarius - Horseman Holding Severed Head (Crawf. 286/1), 115 BC
Q. Minucius Thermus Denarius - Warriors in Combat (Crawf. 319/1), 103 BC
L. Titurius Sabinus Denarius - Rape of the Sabine Women (Crawf. 344/1a), 89 BC
AR Denarius
Rome, 77 or 73 BC
3.88g
Obv: Helmeted head of Roma (R), control mark behind 'XXXIIII'.
Rev: She-wolf standing (L) with front paw raised, 'ROMA' in field above and 'P·SATRIE/NVS' in exergue below.
Crawford 388/1b; Sydenham 781a
Numismatica Ars Classica, Spring Sale 2021, Lot 1062, 10/05/20
Dating note: Crawford, Greuber et al. place Satrienus as mint magistrate in 77 BC alongside Rutilius Flaccus, though Harlan argues strongly for an alternative date of 73 BC on account of a complete absence of their coins from the Kerassia and Hev-Szamos hoards.
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