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Moneyer: Gaius Calpurnius Piso Frugi; 67 BC
Denomination: Denarius
Obverse: Laureate head of Apollo right; behind, control mark
Reverse: Horseman galloping right, holding palm branch;
Mint: Rome
Reference: Crawford 408/1a
Weight: 3,64 g
Notes: The reverse design recalls the Ludi Apollinares, converted into a permanent festival as a result of the proposal of the moneyer's ancestor: C. Calpurnius Piso, Praetor 211 B.C. (Livy XXVI, 23,3). Crawford estimates as many as 864 obverse dies and 1080 reverse dies of this type with a very complex system of control-marks!
Collezione : 16 Roman Republic