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A fouree silver and base metal Roman Republican denarius P. Furius Crassipes showing Cybele and a curule chair Coin Type: Fourrée silver and base metal denarius of P. Furius Crassipes, Roman Republic, 84 BCE.
Mint and Date: Rome, 84 BCE.
Size and Weight: 20mm x 23mm, 3.87g
Obverse: Turreted head of Cybele right, deformed foot behind. Two small square test punches in front.
AED CVR behind head.
Reverse: Curule chair inscribed P FOVRIVS (worn off on this specimen).
Exergue: CRASSIPES
Ref: RCV (2000) 275; RSC Furia 20
Provenance: air1881 (eBay), May 2006.
BW Ref: 022 024 084
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