DR-411 | Crawford: 360/1b
Publius Crepusius / Caius Mamilius Limetanus / Lucius Marcius Censorinus
Publius Crepusius / Caius Mamilius Limetanus / Lucius Marcius Censorinus

Gens: Crepusia / Mamilia / Marcia
Moneyer: Publius Crepusius / Caius Mamilius Limetanus / Lucius Marcius Censorinus
Date and mint: 82 BC - Rome


Obverse: Bust of Venus, right, draped and diademed and veiled. Dotted border.
Legend: L CENSORIN
Symbols: Reverse above, control mark

Reverse: enus in biga, right, holding reins in right hand and goad in left hand. dotted border
Legend: C LIMETA / P CREPVSI

Comment: The Goddess who appears on the reverse, Amphitrite, is the wife of Neptune. We do not know what position Q. Creperius held but everything seems to indicate that it was quite related to the naval theme, since everything that appears in this denarius is related to the sea, both in the symbols that appear behind the goddess, all marine animals except one which is a Heron, and in the motifs that could be A with Dolphin, B with Turtle, C with Crab, D with Fish, EF I with Octopus, G with Sole, H with Sponge and K with Heron.

Provenance: Numismatica Ars Classica (2024)
Price: 665 €