V-Auction 16 Oct 08

Physical Description

• Measurements

  • Weight (in gr.): 4

Typological Description

Source: RRC 353/2

• Object Type: Coin
• Date: 85 BCE
• Denomination: Denarius
• Manufacture: Struck
• Material: Silver

• Authority

  • Issuer: Mn. Fonteius
  • • State: Roman Republic

• Geographic

  • Mint: Rome

• Obverse

  • Legend: EX·A·P
  • Type: Laureate head of Apollo, right; below, thunderbolt. Border of dots.
  • Portrait: Apollo

• Reverse

  • Type: Cupid on goat, right; around, laurel-wreath. Border of dots.
  • Portrait: Cupid
  • Symbol (Before): Pileus
  • Symbol (Behind): Pileus
  • Symbol (Exergue): Thyrsus

Administrative History

• Source

  • 16 Oct 2008: VAuctions (online marketplace), Auction 214, 16 Oct 2008no. 39

Notes

• Schaefer Notes: ex Knob 337
• New Notes: Schaefer labels rev die BU but it is equal to X

Rights

• License: Public Domain Mark (images)
• Rights: No Copyright - United States