384/1. Papia (79 BC)

AR Denarius (Rome, 79 BC)

O/ Head of Juno Sospita right; control-mark (pickaxe) behind; bead-and-reel border.

R/ Gryphon leaping right; control-mark (hammer) below; L PAPI in exergue; bead-and-reel border.

3.80g; 19mm

Crawford 384/1 (211 obverse dies/211 reverse dies)

- Purchased for 15 DM from Finkh on 21/12/1962.

- EID MAR auction 3 (11/05/2024), lot 352.

Lucius Papius:

The symbols are listed by Babelon, under n°92 (vol. II, p. 282)*.

* Ernest Babelon, Description historique et chronologique des monnaies de la république romaine, vulgairement appelées monnaies consulaires, Paris, 1885. 

Reference : RRC 384/1

Collection : Roman Republic