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a Roman Republican denarius of L. Antestius Gragulus. Coin Type: Holed silver denarius of L. Antestius Gragulus, Roman Republic, 136 BCE.
Mint and Date: Rome, 136 BCE.
Size and Weight: 19mm x 20mm, 3.82g
Obverse: Helmeted head of Roma right, XVI monogram below chin.
GRAG behind.
Reverse: Jupiter in quadriga right, carrying a tall eagle-tipped sceptre and brandishing a thunderbolt.
L ANTES (ANTE in monogram) below.
Exergue: ROMA
Ref: RCV (2000) 115
Provenance: Dr. Martina Dieterle (Vauctions), November 2007.
BW Ref: 042 035 118
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Note: On this coin, a new mark of denomination is used for the first time. Previous denarii had an X. The star shape on this and subsequent coins probably represents the numeral XVI written as a monogram.
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