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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |Roman Republic| > |99-50 B.C.| > RR05568
Roman Republic, L. Procilius L.f., 80 B.C.
|99-50| |B.C.|, |Roman| |Republic,| |L.| |Procilius| |L.f.,| |80| |B.C.|, Sospita was a surname of Juno in Latium, Her most famous temple was at Lanuvium. She also had a two temples at Rome. Her statue, as described by Cicero, was covered with a goat skin. This statue may be the one now at the Vatican. Her attribute is the serpent, which inhabited a grotto near her temple, and was fed annually by a young girl, who, if a virgin, escaped unharmed, but if not was destroyed.
RR05568. Silver denarius serratus, Crawford 379/2, Sydenham 772, RSC I Procilia 2, BMCRR I Rome 3147, Russo RBW 1407, SRCV I 307, VF, Italian mint, weight 3.83g, maximum diameter 20.7mm, die axis 225o, 80 B.C.; obverse head of Juno Sospita clad in goat skin right, S C (senatus consulto - authorized by special decree of the Senate) behind; reverse Juno Sospita in a biga right, brandishing spear and holding shield, snake below, L.PROCILI.F, in ex; SOLD











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