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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |Roman Republic| > |211-100 B.C.| > RR93648
Roman Republic, Q. Curtius and M. Silanus, 116 or 115 B.C.
|211-100| |B.C.|, |Roman| |Republic,| |Q.| |Curtius| |and| |M.| |Silanus,| |116| |or| |115| |B.C.|, In 116 B.C., Gaius Marius was narrowly elected as praetor for the following year and then promptly accused of ambitus (electoral corruption). He barely won acquittal on the charge. In 115 B.C., he spent an uneventful year as praetor in Rome.
RR93648. Silver denarius, Crawford 285/2, Sydenham 537, RSC I Curtia 2, BMCRR Italy 482, Russo RBW 1114, SRCV I 162, VF, toned, marks, reverse off center, flow lines, die wear, tiny edge split, Rome mint, weight 3.964g, maximum diameter 20.7mm, die axis 225o, 116 - 115 B.C.; obverse head of Roma right, wearing winged helmet with three piece visor even at the ends and ornamented with a griffin head, single drop earring and necklace, hair in straggling locks, X behind, Q·CVRT curving upwards before; reverse Jupiter in a quadriga right, hurling thunderbolt with right hand, scepter in left hand, horses rearing, M SILA (LA ligate) below, ROMA in exergue; from the Errett Bishop Collection; SOLD











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