Search


CNG Bidding Platform

Information

Products and Services



Research Coins: Electronic Auction

 
189, Lot: 161. Estimate $100.
Sold for $191. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

L. Roscius Fabatus. 59 BC. AR Serrate Denarius (18mm, 3.94 g, 6h). Head of Juno Sospita right; gate behind / Female right facing serpent; animal’s leg and hoof to left. Crawford 412/1 (symbols 31); Sydenham 915; Roscia 3. VF, a few deposits.


The reverse design refers to an annual ritual that took place at the temple complex of Juno Sospita in Lanuvium in which a virgin offered cakes to a serpent.