DR-141 | Crawford: 216/1
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 €
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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