Details
LOT 3076
L. Procilius AR Serrate Denarius. 80 BC.
Rome mint. Head of Juno Sospita to right, wearing goat-skin headdress; S • C behind / Juno Sospita, hurling spear and holding shield decorated with thunderbolt, in biga to right; serpent beneath horses, L • PROCILI • F in exergue. Crawford 379/2; BMCRR Rome 3150-1; RSC Procilia 2. Good Very Fine.(3.84gr, 20mm, 5h.).
Provenance
Ex Michael Trenerry, Truro, UK, 1980s.
Private North Country, UK, collection.
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