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L. Volumnius (or Volteius) L.f. Strabo (81 BC). AR serrate denarius (19mm, 3.78 gm, 12h). Rome. Laureate head of Jupiter right; behind, F / L. VLO. L. F. STRAB. (VL, TR and AB ligate), Europa seated on bull charging left, holding veil billowing overhead; below, vine leaf; behind, thunderbolt. Crawford 377/1. Sydenham 743. Volteia 6. Very rare. Well centered and a good, solid strike which the facial details of Europe mostly clear. Lightly toned. Extremely Fine.From The Mayflower Collection.Ex NFA XXVII (4-5 December 1991), 435.There has been debate as to the correct decipherment of the moneyer's cognomen on this coin. The unusual monogram VLO can be resolved in a number of ways: Volcatius, Volteius, Volumnius and Volusius. The numismatists Babelon, Gruber and Sydenham have all followed Mommsen in resolving the monogram as Volteius, while the historians Cichorius and Badian opted for Voluminius, specifically a son of L. Volumnius L. f. in the Aniensis tribe who was on the command staff of Pompeius Strabo. Both hoard evidence and a known mule pairing an obverse denarius die of Q. Antonius Balbus with the reverse of this coin strongly reinforces Cichorius' argument.

Estimate: 2000.00-2500.00 USD