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Contributor: Teresa Darling.
Issuer: Gens FONTEIA. Manius C. f. Fonteius, 85 BC. AR Denarius.
Obverse: Laureate head of Apollo (Veiovis?) facing right, ligatured MN and FONTEI downwards behind, thunderbolt underneath, C(F) upwards below chin.
Reverse: Cupid riding a goat (Amalthea?) right, pilei (freedman's caps) above; thyrsus in exergue; all in wreath.
Reference: Crawford 353/1c; Babelon 10, Sydenham 724a. Grade: aVF.
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