Caius Terentius Lucanus, silver denarius, 3.68 g.
Title
Caius Terentius Lucanus, silver denarius, 3.68 g.
Creator
Caius Terentius Lucanus
Date
147 BCE
Description
Obverse: Helmeted head of Roma right; behind, Victory with wreath and mark of value, X. Border of dots.
Reverse: Dioscuri on horseback, charging right; below, C TERLVC; ROMA in exergue. Line border.
Style/Period: Roman Republic
The types on this coin are very similar to those on coin C003. The minting magistrate has included an abbreviation of his name on the reverse and added an image of Victory to the obverse. The Victory might represent a past or recent victory.
-- Bradford W. Wendel, LU '96
Bibliography: E. Babelon, Description historique et chronologique des monnaies de la republique romaine (Paris and London 1885-1886) Terentia, 10; H. A. Grueber, Coins of the Roman Republic in the British Museum (London 1910), I, 103, no. 775; T. R. S. Broughton, The Magistrates of the Roman Republic, II (New York 1952) 453; E. A. Sydenham, The Coinage of the Roman Republic (London 1952) 49, no. 425; T. P. Wiseman, "Some Republican Senators and Their Tribes," The Classical Quarterly 14 (1964) 122-133; M. H. Crawford, Roman Republican Coinage (London 1974), 256-257, no. 217/1.
-- Bradford W. Wendel, LU '96
Bibliography: E. Babelon, Description historique et chronologique des monnaies de la republique romaine (Paris and London 1885-1886) Terentia, 10; H. A. Grueber, Coins of the Roman Republic in the British Museum (London 1910), I, 103, no. 775; T. R. S. Broughton, The Magistrates of the Roman Republic, II (New York 1952) 453; E. A. Sydenham, The Coinage of the Roman Republic (London 1952) 49, no. 425; T. P. Wiseman, "Some Republican Senators and Their Tribes," The Classical Quarterly 14 (1964) 122-133; M. H. Crawford, Roman Republican Coinage (London 1974), 256-257, no. 217/1.
Identifier
C006
Rights
Wriston Art Center Galleries, Lawrence University, Appleton, WI,wriston-gallery@lawrence.edu,920-832-6890
Files
Citation
Caius Terentius Lucanus, “Caius Terentius Lucanus, silver denarius, 3.68 g.,” Lawrence University Classics Department & Ottilia Buerger Coin Collections, accessed November 5, 2026, https://thor.lawrence.edu/omeka/buerger/items/show/367.