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Lucius Sempronius Pythius
Lucius Sempronius Pitio


Gens: Sempronia
Moneyer: Lucius Sempronius Pythius
Date and mint: 148 BC - Rome


Obverse: Bust of Roma with helmet, right. Dotted border.
Legend: PITIO
Symbols: Obverse before, x

Reverse: Dioscuri galloping to the right. Linear border.
Legend: L SEMP ROMA

Comment: There are variants of this denarius because Roma is on a tablet, like this copy, or because it is not on a tablet, as well as due to various variants of the letter A.

Provenance: Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins (2014)
Price: 1,615
216/1
216/1
Image courtesy of: ira & larry goldberg

Other references

Crawford: 216/1
DR: 141
BMCRR (Grueber): Roma 711, 717
B (Babelon): Sempronia 2
RSC (Seaby): Sempronia 2
FFC (Fdez., Fdez., Calicó): 1107
RC / RCV (D. Sear): 91
CRI (Sear Imperators) 49 - 27 BC:
CRR (Sydenham): 402
Cal (Calicó): 1251
RBW: 926
Other authors:

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