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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |Roman Republic| > |211-100 B.C.| > RR66888
Roman Republic, Cn. Cornelius Blasio Cn.f., 112 or 111 B.C.
|211-100| |B.C.|, |Roman| |Republic,| |Cn.| |Cornelius| |Blasio| |Cn.f.,| |112| |or| |111| |B.C.|,
Crawford notes this type was issued with 12 different symbol pairs, each used for one month of the year. This bust was traditionally identified as Scipio Africanus but Crawford convincingly rejected that identification. The bust on the right is Scipio Africanus. Perhaps there is some resemblance that was the source of the tradition? Scipio
RR66888. Silver denarius, Crawford 296/1e (same controls), BMCRR Italy 629 (same), Sydenham 561b (scarce), RSC I Cornelia 19, SRCV I 173, Russo RBW 1136 var. (controls), VF, flat strike, banker's mark, small edge splits, Rome mint, weight 3.670g, maximum diameter 18.4mm, die axis 225o, 112 or 111 B.C.; obverse CN•BLASIO CN F upward on right, beardless helmeted head of Mars right, X (mark of value=16 asses) above, wreath (control symbol) behind; reverse Jupiter standing facing, nude, long scepter in right hand, thunderbolt and paludamentum in left hand, between Juno (on left), and Minerva (on right) placing wreath on his head with her right hand and holding spear in left hand, Y (Greek control letter) between Jupiter and Minerva, ROMA in exergue; scarce; SOLD










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