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Rome AD 136 AR denarius 3.93 g 1.88 cm 1.91 cm 7h

obverse: hd Roma r helmeted, * below chin GRAG
reverse: quadriga r with Jupiter brandishing thunderbolt L. AES, in ex ROMA
RCV I 115, RSC I Antestia 9
Krasnapolsky Amsterdam, 16 Apr 1978 vw 29, 49 euro

L. Antestius Gragulus 136 BC
The star below the chin (XVI monogram)
A new mark of value for the denarius (16 copper asses. Here used for the first time).
L. AES monogram for L. ANTESTIVS

211 BC denarius = 10 asses introduced
c 140 BC denarius re-tariffed at 16 asses (mark of value XVI)