407/1. Hosidia (64 BC)

AR denarius serratus (Rome, 64 BC)

O/ Bust of Diana right, draped, with bow and quiver over shoulder; GETA downwards behind; Ill VIR downwards before.

R/ Boar right, wounded by spear and attacked by hound; C HOSIDI C F in exergue.

20mm; 3.87g

Crawford 407/1 (less than 20 obverse dies/less than 22 reverse dies)

- Purchased privately from Ratto in 1970.

- Naville Numismatics, auction 62, lot 378.

Gaius Hosidius C. f. Geta:

The date of the issue was initially dated from 68 by Crawford, but it was revised to 64 by Hersh and Walker after the discovery of the Mesagne Hoard.*

* Charles Hersh and Alan Walker, "The Mesagne Hoard", Museum Notes (American Numismatic Society), Vol. 29 (1984), pp. 103–134.

Reference : RRC 407/1

Collection : Roman Republic