Roman Silver & Bronze Coins - Imperial
Lot 4506 Session 17 (11:30am Friday) Roman Silver & Bronze Coins - Imperial
Estimate $200
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SOLD $160
AUGUSTUS, (27 B.C. - A.D. 14), silver denarius, Rome mint, issued c.19 B.C. by P.Petronius Turpilianus, (3.41 g), obv. bare head of Augustus to right around CAESAR AVGVSTVS, rev. TVRPILIANVS [III VIR] around, Tarpeia, long-haired facing half buried in shields with hands raised, (S.1639, RIC 299, RSC 494, BMC 29). Minor surface marks, otherwise fine and rare.
Ex Dr. V.J.A. Flynn Collection and previously from M.R.Roberts retail sale in packet described.
The type refers to the origin of the Petronia gens. A temple of the divinites Liber, Libera and Ceres was vowed by the dictator Aulus Postumius in 495 B.C., after consulting the copy of the Sibylline books which Petronius Sabinus is said to have made. This temple was restored by Augustus.
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