395/1. Cossutia (72 BC)

AR Denarius (Rome, 72 BC)

O/ Head of Medusa left; SABVLA upwards behind.

R/ Bellerophon on Pegasus right, brandishing spear with right hand; below, L COSSVTI CF below; control-mark behind (XXXXI).

3.98g; 19.5mm

Crawford 395/1 (28 obverse dies/31 reverse dies)

- Artemide Auction LIX (06/05/2023), lot 448.

Lucius Cossutius C.f. Sabula:

The date of the issue was initially dated from 74 by Crawford, but it was revised to 72 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 395/1

Collection : Roman Republic