Roman Silver & Bronze
Lot 3428 Session 11 (9.30am Friday) Roman Silver & Bronze
Estimate $200
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Q. FABIUS MAXIMUS (RESTORED ISSUE), (82 or 80 B.C.), silver denarius, Rome mint, (3.864 grams), obv. Apollo laureate head to right, lyre before, *, [ROMA] behind, [Q MAX] below chin, rev. cornucopiae with thunderbolt all within wreath, (S.295 [£100 VF], Cr.371/1, Syd.718, RSC Fabia 6). Off centred obverse, weak in places, otherwise very fine and rare.
Less than 10 obverse dies used on this issue. An unusual issue struck as a restored issue of the consul of 127 B.C. as a propaganda type for the pro-Sullan faction. Its purpose was perhaps to enable Sulla to issue a civil coinage without appointing a new triumvirate of moneyers for 82 B.C. or perhaps to celebrate the restoration of the Republic in 80 B.C. after the abdication of the dictatorship.
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