DR-386 | Crawford: 350A/1a
Caius Gargonius / Ogulnius / Marcus Vergilius
Caius Gargonius / Ogulnius / Marcus Vergilius
Gens: Gargilia / Olgunia / Vergilia
Moneyer: Caius Gargonius / Ogulnius / Marcus Vergilius
Date and mint: 86 BC - Rome
Obverse: Head of Apollo, right, with oak crown; down, lightning. Dotted border.
Legend:
Symbols: Reverse above, control mark
Reverse: Jupiter in quadriga, right; reins in left hand and throwing lightning with right. Dotted border.
Legend: GAR OGVL VER
Comment: The Gargilia Family, of plebeian origin, gave to the history of Roma a character known as Gargilius Martilis who, in imperial times, wrote a biography of the severe Emperor Alexander. Also to Gargilius Macer Acidinus, who was Proconsul of Crete and Cyrenaica
Provenance: Numismatica Ars Classica (2013)
Price: 7,300 €
Other references
| Crawford: | 350A/1a |
| DR: | 386 |
| BMCRR (Grueber): | Roma 2606, 2607 |
| B (Babelon): | Gargilia 1 Ogulnia 5 Vergilia 3 |
| RSC (Seaby): | Gargilia 1 Ogulnia 5 Vergilia 3 |
| FFC (Fdez., Fdez., Calicó): | 737, 738 |
| RC / RCV (D. Sear): | 263 |
| CRI (Sear Imperators) 49 - 27 BC: | |
| CRR (Sydenham): | 721 |
| Cal (Calicó): | 608 |
| RBW: | |
| Other authors: |
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