Details
LOT 3070
L. Calpurnius Piso Frugi AR Denarius. 90 BC.
Rome mint. Laureate head of Apollo to right; fish (control mark) beneath chin / L PISO FRVGI CVI, nude horseman galloping to right, palm branch over shoulder in left hand, reins in right. Crawford 340/1; Sydenham 665; Calpurnia 11. Very Fine.(3.90gr, 17mm, 3h.).
Provenance
Ex Michael Trenerry, Truro, UK, 1980s.
Private North Country, UK, collection.
Footnotes
This type refers to the Ludi Apollinares games which were established in BC 212 the annual celebration of which was proposed by an ancestor of the moneyer, L. Calpurnius Piso Frugi.
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