(65 Euro)Crawford 316/1, L.THORIVS BALBVS (L.Thorius Balbus) Denar, 105 BC, *SOLD*

L.THORIVS BALBVS (L.Thorius Balbus) Denar

Rome 105 BC

Avers: Head od Juno Sospita with got fur behind I.S.M.R.(Ivno Sospes Mater Regina)

Revers: Bull leaping to the right, above controllmark F, below L THORIVS in sector BALBVS

-Juno Sospita protector of women, main goddess of Lanuvium, the place of origin of the moneyer.

-The leaping bull as an allusion to the name of the moneyer (Thorius = taurus)