Obverse: Bust of Genius Populi Romani

Reverse: Globe between and scepter (with laurel wreath and fillet) and rud...

Collection: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Context: Uncertain
Material: Silver
Denomination: Denarius
Issuing Authority: Cnaeus Cornelius Lentulus Marcellinus
Actual Weight: 3.965 g.
Date: exact 76 BC - exact 75 BC
Dimensions: 20 mm.
Region: Spain
Period: Republican


Obverse Type: Within a dotted circle, a globe between a scepter, left, and a rudder, right. A laurel-wreath with a fillet is attached to the scepter.

Donor: Gift of Mrs. Charles Goddard Weld

Commentary: Republican denarius

Sources Used: BMCRR II, 358, nos. 52 ff.; pl. C.12; Babelon 1885-1886, 2.417, no. 54; RRC no. 393/1a, pl. XLIX