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Coin Type: Silver denarius of L. Papius, Roman Republic, 79 BCE. Mint and Date: Rome, 79 BCE. Size and Weight: 17mm x 19mm, 4.19g Obverse: Head of Juno Sospita right wearing goatskin headdress. Back half of fat fish behind. Bead and reel border. Reverse: Griffin leaping right, thin fish below. Bead and reel border (the reels are longer and more cylindrical, and the beads are smaller.) Exergue: L PAPI Ref: RCV (2000) 311; RSC Papia 1; Babelon symbol pair 74. Provenance: raymondg9280 (eBay), December 2006. BW Ref: 024 030 098 |
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