Schulten Oct 85 237

Physical Description

• Measurements

  • Weight (in gr.): 3.44

Typological Description

Source: RRC 353/1b

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

• Authority

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

• Geographic

  • Mint: Rome

• Obverse

  • Legend: M͡N·FON͡TEI / C·F·A͡P
  • 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 (Above): Pilei
  • Symbol (Exergue): Thyrsus

Administrative History

• Source

  • 22 Oct 1985 - 24 Oct 1985: Schulten & Co. (Cologne, Germany), 22-24 Oct 1985no. 237

Notes

• Schaefer Notes: Plated, sp. gr. 9.5
• New Notes: Different obverse die than Biggy Jul 04 and Cosa 1389 (cited by Crawford for RRC 353/1b)

Rights

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