Laureate head of Jupiter

The obverse of this Victoriatus depicts the laureate head of Jupiter, facing right. The border is adorned with dots.

On the reverse is Victory (personified as a winged goddess) standing to the right. She is crowning a trophy—a symbol of victory in battle. The legend “ROMA” appears below Victory.

Context: The Victoriatus was a small denomination coin issued during the Roman Republic. It was valued at half of a denarius. These coins circulated during the Second Punic War and beyond.

Currency Denarius

Paid £30 - Lee - Charing Cross

Date 11 Oct 2025

Reference s.49

Current Value

Size

Weight 2.65g

 

 

L.Livineius Regulus (c.42 BC) - Head of Praetor L. Livineius Regulus / Curule chair between six fasces.

L. Livineius Regulus was a praetor and moneyer in the late Republic, and his coinage is part of the so-called imperatorial issues of the civil-war period. These coins advertised a magistrate’s office or family prestige through symbolic imagery. In later years he struck coins for Octavian (Augustus).

The curule chair was the ceremonial seat of high Roman magistrates such as praetors, consuls, and curule aediles. The fasces symbolized official coercive power, so the pairing on the reverse is essentially a statement of rank and authority.

This coin was struck during the turbulent years following Julius Caesar’s assassination. Moneyers like Regulus issued denarii emphasising Roman authority, hence the fasces and curule chair — symbols of magisterial power.

 

Currency Denarius

Paid £270 - Charing Cross

Date 23 May 2026

Reference s.49, Crawford 494/27; Syd 1109, RCV 487

Current Value

Size 18mm

Weight 3.97g