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Cn. Gellius
Obverse: head of Roma right wearing winged helmet, all within wreath X
Reverse: Mars and Nerio in quadriga right; Mars holding Nerio and shield CN·GEL ROMA
Diameter:
18 mm
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 3.9 g
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 3.9 g
Reverse depicts the abduction of Sabin goddes Nerio by Mars.
Moneyer was most probably historian, author of a history of Rome from the earliest epoch extending at least to the year 145 BC.
Crawford 232/1, SRCV 109, RSC I Gellia 1