385/4. Volteia (75 BC)

AR Denarius (Rome, 75 BC)

O/ Helmeted bust right, draped (helmet bound with laurel-wreath); control-symbol behind (duck's head).

R/ Cybele, wearing turreted crown and veil, in biga of lions right, holding reins in left hand and patera in right hand; control-numeral above (NC); M VOLTEI M F in exergue.

3.56g; 17mm

Crawford 385/4 (71 obverse dies/71 reverse dies)

- Artemide Auction LIX (06/05/2023), lot 446.

Marcus Volteius M. f. :

The date of the issue was initially dated from 78 by Crawford, but it was revised to 75 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.

Référence : RRC 385/4

Collection : Roman Republic