Roma Numismatics Ltd
E-Sale 79 14 Jan 2021
View prices realized
► Sale information
Find similar lots
T. Didius AR Denarius. Rome, 113-112 BC. Helmeted head of Roma to right, monogram of ROMA behind, mark of value below / Two gladiators fighting, each holding a shield, one attacking with a flail, the other defending with a sword; T•DEIDI in exergue. Crawford 294/1; RSC Didia 2. 3.73g, 19mm, 1h.
Near Extremely Fine; scratch to obv., some corrosion to edge.
From a private UK collection.
Babelon suggests that the reverse type refers to the moneyer's ancestor T. Didius, who was sent to Sicily in 138 BC to quash a slave result that was ultimately the precursor to the first of the three Servile Wars. Crawford disagrees, suggesting that the reverse depicts a scene one would expect to witness at the games T. Didius promised to put on during his time as aedile, making this issue an example of electoral propaganda.
Near Extremely Fine; scratch to obv., some corrosion to edge.
From a private UK collection.
Babelon suggests that the reverse type refers to the moneyer's ancestor T. Didius, who was sent to Sicily in 138 BC to quash a slave result that was ultimately the precursor to the first of the three Servile Wars. Crawford disagrees, suggesting that the reverse depicts a scene one would expect to witness at the games T. Didius promised to put on during his time as aedile, making this issue an example of electoral propaganda.