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ID:     6147
     [UNVERIFIED]
Type:     Roman Republican
Issuer:     C. Vibius Varus
Date Ruled:     42 BC
Metal:     Silver
Denomination:     Denarius
Diameter:     18.8 mm
Weight:     3.60 g
Die Axis:     1.33333333333 h
Obverse Description:     Head of Bacchus right, wearing wreath of ivy and grapes
Reverse Legend:     VARVS C ·VIBIVS
Reverse Description:     Panther springing towards Bacchic mask on garlanded altar and thyrsus (Dionysus' staff tipped with a pine cone and twined with ivy), VARVS upwards on right, C ·VIBIVS in exergue
Primary Reference:     Crawford 494/36
Reference2:     RSC ibia 24, BMC 4295
Reference3:     SRCV 496
Reference4:     Sydenham 1138
Photograph Credit:     FORUM ANCIENT COINS
Source:     http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?zpg=532