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AR Denarius (Rome, 140 BC)
O/ Helmeted head of Roma right; XVI downwards behind.
R/ Victory in biga right, holding whip in right hand and reins in left hand; FLAC above; C VAL C F below; ROMA in exergue.
3.75g; 19mm
Crawford 228/1 (7 obverse dies/10 reverse dies)
- Eton College collection.
- Sotheby's, Catalogue of Important Roman Coins Together With Other Ancient, English and Foreign Coins, 1 December 1976, lot 48.
- Naville Numismatics Live Auction 60 (27/09/2020), lot 352.
Gaius Valerius C. f. C. n. Flaccus:
This is the much rarer type with the mark of value of 16 asses for a denarius.
The Eton collection was apparently already formed by 1882, when Francis St. John Thackeray published A Guide to the Collection of Roman Coins at Eton College, but this coin is not described.
Reference : 228/1
Collection : Roman Republic