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Pub. Lentulus Marcellinus. Denarius.
Denarius, 3.89g (3h). . , 100 BC. Obv: Bust of young Hercules right, wearing lionskin over shoulders and holding club, ROMA below; to left, shield and control mark B with dot above. Rx: Roma wearing triple-crested helmet standing facing, about to be crowned by half-nude Genius of the Roman People standing beside her; between the figures, control mark Y with dot above; in exergue, LENT MAR F (NT and MAR ligate); all within laurel wreath. Haeberlin 1119 = Banti 39 (same dies). Control mark variant of Crawford 329/1a, Sydenham 604, and RSC Cornelia 25. Possibly only the second recorded specimen of this denarius with a different control mark on the reverse than on the obverse. According to Crawford, "the control-mark on the reverse is invariably the same as on the obverse"; he apparently overlooked the Haeberlin coin contradicting this rule, which is from the same dies as ours. Banti 44/1 shows a coin with mark dot above Y on both obverse and reverse, as expected; this coin may be, but is not certainly, from the same reverse die as ours. Toned aEF.
Denarius, 3.89g (3h). . , 100 BC. Obv: Bust of young Hercules right, wearing lionskin over shoulders and holding club, ROMA below; to left, shield and control mark B with dot above. Rx: Roma wearing triple-crested helmet standing facing, about to be crowned by half-nude Genius of the Roman People standing beside her; between the figures, control mark Y with dot above; in exergue, LENT MAR F (NT and MAR ligate); all within laurel wreath. Haeberlin 1119 = Banti 39 (same dies). Control mark variant of Crawford 329/1a, Sydenham 604, and RSC Cornelia 25. Possibly only the second recorded specimen of this denarius with a different control mark on the reverse than on the obverse. According to Crawford, "the control-mark on the reverse is invariably the same as on the obverse"; he apparently overlooked the Haeberlin coin contradicting this rule, which is from the same dies as ours. Banti 44/1 shows a coin with mark dot above Y on both obverse and reverse, as expected; this coin may be, but is not certainly, from the same reverse die as ours. Toned aEF.