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The Villa Publica

438, Lot: 424. Estimate $100.
Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

P. Fonteius P.f. Capito. 55 BC. AR Denarius (17mm, 2.53 g, 12h). Rome mint. Veiled head of Concordia right, wearing stephane / The Villa Publica: building consisting of two stories, each with a row of columns; the lower columns are surmounted by arches, the upper ones by a sloping roof. Crawford 429/2a; Sydenham 901; Fonteia 18 and Didia 1. VF, toned, porous. No apparent breaks, but the light weight suggests the coin may be a fourrée.


Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 260 (20 July 2011), lot 451.

Built to house the censor’s records, the Villa Publica was situated on Rome’s Campus Martius, west of the city proper.