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C. Naevius Balbus serrate Denarius

18mm, 3.85 grams, Die axis: 6h
Moneyer: C. Naevius Balbus, circa 79 BCE

Obverse: Diademed head of Venus to right, H below chin, SC behind neck.

Reverse: Victory in triga to right, C.NAE BALB monogram in exergue.

Mint: Rome

Notes:
- The ancestor of C. Naeveius Balbus, also of the same name, wrote the earliest known Latin epic poem. It was a versed history of the first Punic War, 264 to 241 BCE.
- 79 BCE was the year Sulla resigned his dictatorship and returned to his country estate. He died a year later.

Ex CNG eAuction 121 (2005), lot 170

Collection : Ancient Roman Coins

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