403/1. Fufia & Mucia (68 BC)

AR Denarius (Rome, 68 BC)

O/ Jugate heads of Honos and Virtus right; HO on left; VIRT on right; KALENI below.

R/ Italia on left and Roma on right clasping hands; comucopiae between clasped hands; caduceus behind ltalia, ; Roma wears diadem, holds fasces in left hand and places right foot on globe; ITAL on left; RO on right; CORDI in exergue.

Crawford 403/1 (26 obverse dies/29 reverse dies)

3.97g; 20mm

- "From the collection of the Swiss-Spanish coin dealer and former Swiss Guard at the Vatican José Truyol, formed since the early 1970s".

- Leu Numismatik, web auktion 31 (07/09/2023), lot 1024.

Quintus Fufius Calenus & Publius Mucius Scaevola:

The date of the issue was initially dated from 70 by Crawford, but it was revised to 68 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 403/1

Collection : Roman Republic