pentonkion, Roman Republic, 81 BCE

Date81 BCE

CultureItalian

MediumSilver

DimensionsCoin Dimensions: 1.92 cm, 3.94 g

Credit LineTransfer from Vassar College Classics Department, 1968

On View

Not on view

PeriodRoman Republic

Classification(s)

Coins and Medals

Denomination

Pentonkion

Language

Latin

Minting Official

C. Marius Capito, son of Gaius

Minting Location

Rome

Region

Italy

Obverse Description

A border of dots surrounds a bust of Ceres, facing right, draped. CAPIT and a control numeral, CI, are written clockwise from left around the bust, and there is a control symbol, a club, below the chin of Ceres.

Obverse Expanded

CAPITO

Obverse Legend

CAPIT

Obverse Translated

Capito

Reverse Description

A border of dots surrounds a ploughman with a yoke of oxen, facing left, and the control numeral, CI, above. C MARI C F S C is inscribed in exergue.

Reverse Expanded

GAIUS MARIUS GAII FILIUS, SENATUS CONSULTO

Reverse Legend

C MARI C F S C

Reverse Translated

Gaius Marius, son of Gaius. By decree of the senate

BibliographyCrawford, 378.1c

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