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Description: | A Roman silver coin: a Republican denarius, of the moneyer C. Fabius, dating from 102 BC (Reece Period 1), the reverse depicting Victory driving a biga to the right, holding the reins in her left hand and a goad in the right; below and to the front a bird, all above the moneyer's name in the exergue. The mint is Rome. Reference RRC, p. 326, no. 322/1a.The obverse depicts a bust of Cybele facing right, wearing a turreted crown and veil, with control mark dot over T behind. There are three counterstamped banker's marks on the obverse: an S at 2o'clock, a C behind the bust and a T by the chin. On the reverse is a counterstamped T above the horse's head. The coin is 19.1mm in diameter and 1.6mm thick. It weighs 3.31gm.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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