| P. CORNELIUS LENTULUS M. F. AR DENARIUS
Rome Mint 100 BC
Obverse: Bust of Hercules to right, seen from behind, holding club; shield in left field, K (control mark) before, ROMA below
Reverse: Roma standing facing, holding spear and wearing triple-crested helmet, crowned by Genius of the Roman People standing to left and holding cornucopiae; K In left field, LENT MAR F (partially llgate) in exergue; all within laurel wreath
References: Crawford 329/1b; BMCRR Rome 1717; RSC Cornelia 25a
Size: 19mm, 3.59g
Professional Numismatic Notes: Extremely-fine with a beautiful deep tone! A portion of the edge lightly filed, presumably to fit into a jewelry mount |