ROMAN IMPERATORIAL. L. Livineius Regulus. 42 B.C. AR denarius. 3.93 gm. 18.5 mm. Rome mint. Small bare head of the praetor L. Livineius Regulus right / Modius between two stalks of grain; [L•] LIVINEI[VS] above, REGVLVS in exergue. CRI 178. Crawford 494/29. Sydenham 1111. Kestner 3734. BMCRR Rome 4269. RSC Livineia 13. Good Very Fine; fresh and lightly toned, with hints of golden iridescence.

Praetors directed Rome's public spectacles of combats with wild beasts. This brutish bust looks like the type of character who could do that.