231/1. Renia (138 BC)

AR Denarius (Rome mint, 138 BC)

O/ Helmeted head of Roma right; X behind.

R/ Juno Caprotina driving a biga of goats right, holding whip, reins and sceptre; C RENI below; ROMA in exergue.

Crawford 231/1 (141 obverse dies/176 reverse dies)

4.04g

Gaius Renius:

Gaius Renius belonged to the plebeian gens Renia, but nothing is known from him. The meaning of the unusual reverse is also uncertain, perhaps a pun on the moneyer's name or a reference to Lanuvium where, Juno Caprotina was worshiped, but Crawford thinks that the evidence is too thin for this theory.

Collection : Roman Republic