RRC 437/2a

Typological Description

• Date: 51 B.C.
• Object Type: Coin
• Manufacture: Struck
• Denomination: Denarius
• Material: Silver

• Authority

  • Issuer: C. Coelius Caldus

• Geographic

  • Mint: Rome

• Obverse

  • Legend: C·COEL·CALDVS COS HIS
  • Type: Head of C. Coelius Caldus right; before, standard in the form of a boar and inscription ; behind, standard inscribed HIS. Border of dots.

• Reverse

  • Legend: L·CALDVS / VIIVIR·EPVL CCALDVS IMP·A·X CALDVS·IIIVIR
  • Type: Table with figure (of L. Coelius Caldus) behind, preparing epulum; on table, inscription; on left, trophy with Macedonian shield; on right, trophy with carnyx and oval shield decorated with thunderbolt; on far left, inscription; on far right, inscription . Border of dots.