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ID:     711339
     [UNVERIFIED]
Type:     Roman Republican
Issuer:     L. Valerius Acisculus
Date Ruled:     45 BC
Metal:     Silver
Denomination:     Denarius
Struck / Cast:     struck
Date Struck:     BC 45
Weight:     3.46 g
Die Axis:     3 h
Obverse Legend:     ACISCVL[VS]
Obverse Description:     Head of Apollo right, hair in ringlets and tied with band; star above forehead, double-headed pick (acisculus) behind
Reverse Legend:     L. VALERIVS
Reverse Description:     Europa (or Valeria Luperca) seated on bull walking right, holding with both hands her veil which billows out in a semicircle above her head
Mint:     Rome
Primary Reference:     Crawford 474/1a
Reference2:     RSC Valeria 17
Reference3:     Sydenham 998
Reference4:     Kestner 3658-3660; BMCRR Rome 4099; RCI 90
Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group
Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=76567
Grade:     Good VF, light gray toning, area of flat strike, reverse struck slightly off center on a somewhat oval flan
Notes:     Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 1339 Bold portrait