The Villa Publica
277, Lot: 182. Estimate $150. Sold for $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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P. Fonteius P.f. Capito. 55 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.45 g, 4h). Rome mint. Veiled and diademed head of Concordia right / View of the Villa Publica. Crawford 429/2a; Sydenham 901; Didia 1. VF, small punches on obverse.
Built to house the censor’s records, the Villa Publica was situated on Rome’s Campus Martius, west of the city proper.