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Cr 202/1a AR Denarius C. Juventius Thalna
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Rome, 154 b.c.e.
o: Head of Roma to right, wearing winged helmet; behind, X.
r: Victory in prancing biga to right, holding whip in her left hand and reins with her right; below, C•TAL (ligate); in exergue, ROMA.
19 mm; 3.98 gm
Syd. 379; Juventia 7
Likely C. Juventius P. fil. Thalna. The unusual cognomen hints at Etruscan origin of the family. Although not a well-recalled gens today, the family survived, with no additional issues of coinage, into the late Republic.
Sydenham notes that the very rare serrated denarii of this moneyer are clearly struck on pre-serrated flans, a proposition I have not examined further.
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