Denarius, 3.64g (1h). After 85 BC. Obv: Head of Apollo right, FONTEI behind, CF before. Rx: Hercules standing facing, blundered legend to left. Cf. Crawford 353/1 (obverse). Davis A, II; website M132. Apulum XLIII, 82 (this coin). VF $300 629. Types of Mn. Fonteius. Denarius, 3.49g (1h). After 85 BC. Obv: Head of Apollo right, blundered monogram before, trident behind. Rx: Infant Genius on goat right; caps of the Dioscuri above, thyrsus below; all within laurel wreath. No legends. Cf. Crawford 353/1a. Davis A, II; website M108. Apulum XLIII, 81 (this coin). VF $300
Ex Phillip Davis Collection. Ex BH-II. The reverse evidently depicts Hercules, but no possible prototype is without problems. Crawford 494/38 is perhaps most likely, but that coin, dating from 42 BC, seems too late for a coin with obvious wear, since the hoard terminates in 37 BC. Might this reverse actually derive from a Thasos tetradrachm, which circulated throughout Dacia in the previous century?
Ex Phillip Davis Collection. Ex La Galerie Numismatique IV, 28 November 2004, lot 30. Ex BH-I. The trident behind Apollo’s head is inappropriate here; seemingly, the Dacian engraver had noticed the trident behind the similar head on the coins of L. Julius Bursio.
Enlargement
632. Obverse type of L. Julius Bursio, reverse type of C. Norbanus. Denarius, 3.76g (8h). After 83 BC. Obv: Male head right, trident before. Rx: Fasces between grain ear and caduceus; no legend. Cf. Crawford 352/1 (obverse) and 357/1b (reverse). Davis A, II; website M88. Apulum XLIII, 86 (this coin). Fine+ $200 Ex Phillip Davis Collection. Ex Lanz 123, 30 May 2005, lot 26.
Exceptional Quality
630. Obverse type of Mn. Fonteius, reverse type of M. Cipius. Denarius, 3.62g (9h). After 85 BC. Obv: Head of Apollo right, thunderbolt below, SC behind. Rx: Victory in biga right, blundered legend below. Cf. Crawford 353/1 (obverse) and 289/1 (reverse). Davis A, II; website M43. EF $400 Ex Phillip Davis Collection. Ex F&S Mailbid 9, July 2003, lot 7
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631. Obverse type of Mn. Fonteius, uncertain reverse prototype.
633. Obverse type of C. Vibius Pansa, reverse type of C. Norbanus. Denarius, 3.45g (3h). After 83 BC. Obv: Male head right, blundered legend around. Rx: Fasces between grain ear and caduceus; no legend. Cf. Crawford 342 (obverse) and 357/1b (reverse). Davis A, II; website M35. Chitescu 112, same dies. Chitescu 204, same obverse die. Apulum XLIII, 85 (this coin). Celator, 11 (this coin). Fine $200 Ex Phillip Davis Collection.
634. Types of Pub. Crepusius. Denarius, 3.64g (9h). After 82 BC. Obv: Head of Apollo right, no scepter behind. Rx: Horseman right, brandishing spear; blundered, recognizable legend in exergue. Cf. Crawford 361/1. Davis A, II; website C21. Apulum XLIII, 46 (this coin). Choice VF+ $200 Ex Phillip Davis Collection.
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