401/1. Aquillia (65 BC)

AR Denarius serratus (Rome, 65 BC)

O/ Helmeted bust of Virtus right, draped; VIRTVS upwards before; III VIR downwards behind; border of dots.

R/ Warrior, holding shield in left hand and raising up fallen figure with right hand; SICIL below on right; M' AQVIL upwards on right; M' F M' N downwards on left; border of dots.

19mm; 3.78g

Crawford 401/1 (88 obverse dies/98 reverse dies)

- Naville Numismatics Live Auction 41 (24/06/2018), lot 464.

Manius Aquillius M'. f. M' n.:

The date of the issue was initially dated from 71 by Crawford, but it was revised to 65 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 401/1

Collection : Roman Republic