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A silver and base metal fourree Roman Republican denarius of M. Volteius M.f. showing Cybele in a lion-car. Coin Type: Silver and base metal fourrée denarius of M. Volteius M.f, Roman Republic, 78 BCE.
Mint and Date: Rome, 78 BCE.
Size and Weight: 18mm, 3.51g.
Obverse: Young draped bust right, helmeted, without crest and ornamented with laurel; symbol behind.
Reverse: Cybele with turreted crown, in a car drawn by two lions to right, and holding a patera; Λ Z (37) in upper field.
M VOLTEI M F below.
Provenance: vivitelaeti (eBay), March 2008.
Ref: RCV (2000) 315; RSC Volteia 4.
BW Ref: 045 037 123
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