Denarius - Sydenham 463 - Crawford 242/1

Sydenham dates this coin to 133-126 B.C.E. He also posits the mint of origin as a local mint outside Rome, citing the innovation of the column and standing figure type, departing from the usual biga and quadriga iconography, as more likely to occur outside of Rome. Sydenham identifies the figure at the top of the column as a statue, and says that the figure on the left is holding a dish; Crawford does not refer to the figure on the column as a statue, and suggests that the figure on the left may be holding loaves. Sydenham identifies the column as Ionic; Crawford, Aeolic and spiral.ROMAC·AVGHelmeted head of Roma to right; behind downward, ROMA; below chin, value mark (X); border of dotsAeolic or Ionic column; standing on top, togate figure or statue holding a staff; two bells suspended from the capital; at base, two lions' heads; behind each lion head, a corn ear; on left, togate figure holding loaves or a dish; on right, togate figure holding lituus; above, C·AVG (A and V separated by the figure on the column); border of dot