M. Vargunteius was one of the moneyers for the year 130 BC. He is not otherwise known.
Not only is M. Vargunteius unknown - the entire gens is not mentioned anywhere outside coin issues. A gens could be as small as a single family, or could include hundreds of individuals. In theory, each gens functioned as a state within a state, governed by its own elders and assemblies, following its own customs, and carrying out its own religious rites.
In addition to denarii, M. Vargunteius issued specimens of the semis, triens, quadrans and sextans with M VARG, and marks of their value.
Not only is M. Vargunteius unknown - the entire gens is not mentioned anywhere outside coin issues. A gens could be as small as a single family, or could include hundreds of individuals. In theory, each gens functioned as a state within a state, governed by its own elders and assemblies, following its own customs, and carrying out its own religious rites.
In addition to denarii, M. Vargunteius issued specimens of the semis, triens, quadrans and sextans with M VARG, and marks of their value.
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M. Vargunteius
Obverse: head of Roma right wearing winged helmet M·(VAR)G (XVI)
Reverse: Jupiter in quadriga right, holding branch and thunderbolt ROMA
Diameter:
20 mm
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 3.8 g
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 3.8 g
No notes for this coin
Crawford 257/1, SRCV I 133, Sydenham 507, RSC I Vargunteius 1