Issuer: Monetary Magistrate Quintus Fufius Calenus [KALENI]and Mucius Cordus[CORDI]
Value: Denario Serrat
oCronology: 70 a. C., RepublicD
escription: Front: juxtaposed heads of Honus and Virtus, the first laureate and the second with helmet, on the right. Left, HO. Right, VITR. Underneath, KA
LENI. Back: two women, Italy and Rome, shaking hands. Italy, dressed in a long robe and wearing a cornucopia, reaches out to Rome, wearing a short robe and scepter. Rome also rests its foot on a balloon, the orb, the known world. Behind Italy, a caduceus. Left, IA_. Right, RO. Underneath, CO
RDI. Metal: S
ilverDimensions: Diameter, 20 mm.; weight, 3,562
gr. Bibliographical reference: Burgos Delgado, 1980a, p.157, no.
217Inventario: Collection Lifchuz/1
33-BNote: This denario recalls the reconciliation between Rome and the Italic Peninsula, at the end of the Social War. The prosperous alliance is represented through caduceus and cornucopia, symbols of peace and abundance, under the protection of Honus and Virtus, honor and courage.
Value: Denario Serrat
oCronology: 70 a. C., RepublicD
escription: Front: juxtaposed heads of Honus and Virtus, the first laureate and the second with helmet, on the right. Left, HO. Right, VITR. Underneath, KA
LENI. Back: two women, Italy and Rome, shaking hands. Italy, dressed in a long robe and wearing a cornucopia, reaches out to Rome, wearing a short robe and scepter. Rome also rests its foot on a balloon, the orb, the known world. Behind Italy, a caduceus. Left, IA_. Right, RO. Underneath, CO
RDI. Metal: S
ilverDimensions: Diameter, 20 mm.; weight, 3,562
gr. Bibliographical reference: Burgos Delgado, 1980a, p.157, no.
217Inventario: Collection Lifchuz/1
33-BNote: This denario recalls the reconciliation between Rome and the Italic Peninsula, at the end of the Social War. The prosperous alliance is represented through caduceus and cornucopia, symbols of peace and abundance, under the protection of Honus and Virtus, honor and courage.
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