Denarius with head of Juno Sospita, struck under L. Roscius Fabatus
Roman
Republican Period
about 64 B.C.
Mint: Rome
Dimensions
Diameter: 19 mm. Weight: 4.01 gm. Die Axis: 6
Accession Number
95.167
Medium or Technique
Silver
Not On View
Collections
Classifications
Obverse: Head of Juno Sospita in a goat-skin to right; behind, a goat’s head.
In exergue: L ROSCI
Reverse: Girl standing to right, feeding serpent rising in front of her; behind the girl, caduceus.
In exergue: FABATI
Serrate flan.
Provenance
By date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren; 1895: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren for $ 29,857.37 (this figure is the total price for MFA 95.9-95.174)
Credit Line
Catharine Page Perkins Fund