minted in Rome
This silver coin was minted in Rome by Caius Fonteius in either 114 or 113 BC. It is a type called a denarius, the most common Roman silver coin. This picture shows the obverse of the coin.
The obverse portrays a Janiform head (two faces looking outwards) of the Dioscuri. The mint control-mark consists of a reversed letter D to the left and three pellets below (very worn on this coin). The star to the right (also worn) is a mark of value.
Later silver coins of the Roman Republic begin to have control-marks - letters or symbols which were probably used to record the number of dies supplied to the officials. This moneyer used an unusual system of mint control-marks, with a letter and one to seven dots.
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