Freeman & Sear - Gemini I, Session 2 Lot: 289

ROMAN REPUBLIC: L. Roscius Fabatus. 64 BC. AR serrate 
denarius (3.99 gm).

ROMAN REPUBLIC. L. Roscius Fabatus. 64 BC. Silver 
serrate denarius (3.99 gm). 

Head of Juno Sospita right in goat skin headdress, builder's square weight marked LI  behind, [L. RO]SCI below.
Girl standing right, feeding snake, builder's tripod 
behind, FABAT[I] in exergue. 
Crawford 412/1. Sydenham 915. Babelon Roscia 3. 

Symbols not on the Crawford or Babelon pages.

Ex Goodman Collection (CNG 43, 24 September 1997, lot 
1693); ex Giessener Münzhandlung 44, 3 April 1989, lot 
665. 

Sold for $325 USD [ approx 247 EUR, 172.25 GBP ] 

Gemini I Auction Closed Jan 11-12, 2005. 

Re-used by permission of Freeman & Sear (www.freemanandsear.com) 
                      and Harlan J Berk (www.harlanjberk.com).