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Lot 5159    Session 16 (9.30am Friday)    Roman Silver & Bronze Coins

Estimate $120
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $180

P. FURIUS CRASSIPES, (c.84 B.C.), silver denarius, Rome mint, (3.73 grams), obv. turreted head of the City to right, AED CVR and deformed foot downwards behind, rev. P.FOVR[IVS] on curule chair, CRASSI[PES] in exergue, (S.275 [o55 VF], Cr.356/1c, Syd.735b, RSC Furia 19). Bright, nearly very fine.

This coin was struck by Crassipes as curule aedile, most likely to fund an extraordinary distribution of corn largesse. The head of the city on the obverse recalls his urban duties such as the maintenance of baths, aqueducts and fountains.

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