Crawford 340/1

Moneyer: Lucius Calpurnius Piso Frugi, 90 BC (praetor in 74 BC).

Denomination: Denarius

Obverse: Laureate head of Apollo to right; uncertain control mark (cornucopiae?) on right side.

Reverse:  L PISO FRVGI / XXXXV Nude horseman galloping right, holding reins in his right hand and palm frond over his left shoulder.

Mint:  Rome

Reference: Crawford 340/1

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Notes: The reverse design recalls the Ludi Apollinares, converted into a permanent festival as a result of the proposal of the moneyer's ancestor: C. Calpurnius Piso, Praetor 211 B.C. (Livy XXVI, 23,3). Crawford estimates as many as 864 obverse dies and 1080 reverse dies of this type with a very complex system of control-marks!  

Collection : 16 Roman Republic