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Furius Purpurio
Obverse: head of Roma right wearing winged helmet X
Reverse: Luna in biga right, crescent above head; murex shell above PVR ROMA
Diameter:
18 mm
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 4.2 g
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 4.2 g
Murex shell, from which Purple dye was made, is pun for moneyer's name. Moneyer apparently was son or grandson of Lucius Furius Purpurio, consul 196 BC.
Crawford 187/1, SRCV I 75, Sydenham 424, RSC I Furius 13