Domitius Calvinus Denarius (Osca, 39 BCE)
Issuing Imperator: Cnaeus Domitius Calvinus
Issuing Authority: Roman Republic
Date of Issue: 39 BCE (714 AVC)
Mint: Osca [Huesca, modern Spain]
Obverse: Baare bust of Hercules facing right [rendered in the fashion of spanish 'denarii' from the previous 2 centuries]. Legend in left field identifying mint, OSCA.
Reverse: Symbols of the College of Pontifices: Simpulum, Aspergillum, Axe, & Apex. Legend in margin DOM·COS·ITER·IMP, shortened form of DOMITIVS·CONSVL·ITERVM·IMPERATOR, "Domitius, Consul for the Second Time, Imperator".
Weight: 3.86 g
Diameter: 18mm
Axis: 7h
Denomination: Denarius
Provenance: Privately purchased from J. Pederson Mynthandel (January, 2022); Ex Auctiones 12 (29 September 1981), lot 312
Issuing Imperator: Cnaeus Domitius Calvinus
Issuing Authority: Roman Republic
Date of Issue: 39 BCE (714 AVC)
Mint: Osca [Huesca, modern Spain]
Obverse: Baare bust of Hercules facing right [rendered in the fashion of spanish 'denarii' from the previous 2 centuries]. Legend in left field identifying mint, OSCA.
Reverse: Symbols of the College of Pontifices: Simpulum, Aspergillum, Axe, & Apex. Legend in margin DOM·COS·ITER·IMP, shortened form of DOMITIVS·CONSVL·ITERVM·IMPERATOR, "Domitius, Consul for the Second Time, Imperator".
Weight: 3.86 g
Diameter: 18mm
Axis: 7h
Denomination: Denarius
Provenance: Privately purchased from J. Pederson Mynthandel (January, 2022); Ex Auctiones 12 (29 September 1981), lot 312
Issuing Imperator: Cnaeus Domitius Calvinus
Issuing Authority: Roman Republic
Date of Issue: 39 BCE (714 AVC)
Mint: Osca [Huesca, modern Spain]
Obverse: Baare bust of Hercules facing right [rendered in the fashion of spanish 'denarii' from the previous 2 centuries]. Legend in left field identifying mint, OSCA.
Reverse: Symbols of the College of Pontifices: Simpulum, Aspergillum, Axe, & Apex. Legend in margin DOM·COS·ITER·IMP, shortened form of DOMITIVS·CONSVL·ITERVM·IMPERATOR, "Domitius, Consul for the Second Time, Imperator".
Weight: 3.86 g
Diameter: 18mm
Axis: 7h
Denomination: Denarius
Provenance: Privately purchased from J. Pederson Mynthandel (January, 2022); Ex Auctiones 12 (29 September 1981), lot 312