As is often the case in this series, the family name Calpurnia is omitted but is required to find the coin in Seaby's Roman Silver Coins (following the system of the 19th century numismatist E. Babelon).
Some of the commonest of these coins are those of Lucius Calpurnius Piso Frugi (generally abbreviated to Calpurnia) which commemorate the games of Ludi Apollinares which were established in 212 a.c. by an ancestor of the mintmaster.
On the obverse of a denarius belonging to the Calpurnia family appears the statue of a man, the upper part of whose body is clothed in a toga; but it has neither arms nor feet, on one side of which is a laurel crown, ...
/Horseman rt. with palm, C above, L PISO FRVG below, RSC Calpurnia 11, Syd. 663-670. Obv. centered slightly low crowding base of neck, very light tone, nicely struck with good detail, Very Fine....$185 Photo ...
Danube Celts, AR tetradrachm imitation of the types of Thasos, Very crude head o
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C. Calpurnius Piso Frugi, AR Denarius, 61 BC, Rome
Head of Apollo right with fillet
Monogram behind
C PISO . L . F FRV
Horseman galloping right, holding palm branch
Symbol below
18mm x 19mm, 3.74g
Calpurnia 24; Crawford 408/1b; Sydenham 851ff ...
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