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Denarius with head of Roma, struck under M. Fannius

Roman
Republican Period
about 123 B.C.
Mint: Rome

Medium/Technique Silver
Dimensions Diameter: 19 mm. Weight: 3.86 gm. Die Axis: 9
Credit Line Augustine Shurtleff Collection of Coins
Accession Number01.5039
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

DescriptionObverse: Head of Roma, right, wearing winged helmet; hair in three straggling locks.
X (under chin); ROMA (behind)
Reverse: Victory naked to hips in quadriga, horses galloping towards right; she holds in right hand wreath with which she is crowning horses, reins in left hand.
M F A[N] C F (in exergue)
ProvenanceBy date unknown: The Augustine Shurtleff Collection of Coins; bequest of Augustine Shurtleff to MFA; accessioned February 5, 1901