Watch List notes:

The T. R. Hardaker Collection, Roman, Augustus (27 BC – AD 14), denarius, of the moneyer P. Licinius Stolo, struck 17 BC, Rome, AVGVSTVS TR • POT, bare head r., rev. P • STOLO, apex flaminis (flamen's cap) between two ancilia (studded oval shields), wt. 3.76gms. (RIC.I, 343; RSC.438; BMC.RE.74-5 = BMC.RR. Rome 4592-3; BN.296-99), good very fine
A flamen was a priest in ancient Rome. Priesthoods were assigned to all eighteen deities recognised as part of the official cults in the Roman Republican era; the priests of Jupiter, Mars, and Quieinus were known as 'major priests' while the other priests were flamines minores (lesser priests).
(1000-1200 GBP)