Roma Numismatics Ltd
Auction III 31 March 2012
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L. Thorius Balbus AR Denarius. Rome, 105 BC. Head of Juno Sospita right wearing goat’s skin, I. S. M. R. (IVNO SISPES MATER REGINA) behind / Bull charging right, X above, L. THORIVS below, BALBVS in ex. Thoria 1; Crawford 316/1; Sydenham 598. 4.00g, 19mm, 6h.
Good Extremely Fine. Lustrous surfaces, blue toning on obverse.
This moneyer was from Lanuvium, where there was a cult of Juno Sospita. Cicero describes him as a man who lived in such a manner that there was no pleasure, no matter how rare, that he did not enjoy. The charging bull is a punning allusion to the moneyer’s name.
Good Extremely Fine. Lustrous surfaces, blue toning on obverse.
This moneyer was from Lanuvium, where there was a cult of Juno Sospita. Cicero describes him as a man who lived in such a manner that there was no pleasure, no matter how rare, that he did not enjoy. The charging bull is a punning allusion to the moneyer’s name.