Quintus Fabius Maximus, silver denarius (Type I), 3.88 g.
Title
Quintus Fabius Maximus, silver denarius (Type I), 3.88 g.
Creator
Quintus Fabius Maximus
Date
c. 127 BCE
Description
Obverse: Helmeted head of Roma facing right, with star on flap; behind, ROMA; before, star and [Q] MAX. Border of dots.
Reverse: Cornucopia superimposed on thunderbolt; border of a wreath composed of ears of wheat and barley and assorted fruits.
Style/Period: Roman Republic
Quintus Fabius Maximus was praetor in 118 BCE and consul in 116 BCE. The coin probably refers to the victories of his ancestor Q. Fabius Maximus Aemilianus in 144 BCE or Q. Fabius Maximus Servilianus in 142 BCE near Valentia.
-- Bradford W. Wendel, LU '96
Bibliography: E. Babelon, Description historique et chronologique des monnaies de la republique romaine (Paris and London 1885-1886) Fabia, 5; H. A. Grueber, Coins of the Roman Republic in the British Museum (London 1910), I, 178, no. 1157; T. R. S. Broughton, The Magistrates of the Roman Republic, II (New York 1952) 439; A. E. Sydenham, The Coinage of the Roman Republic (London 1952) 57, no. 478; M. H. Crawford, Roman Republican Coinage (London 1974) 289, no. 265/1.
-- Bradford W. Wendel, LU '96
Bibliography: E. Babelon, Description historique et chronologique des monnaies de la republique romaine (Paris and London 1885-1886) Fabia, 5; H. A. Grueber, Coins of the Roman Republic in the British Museum (London 1910), I, 178, no. 1157; T. R. S. Broughton, The Magistrates of the Roman Republic, II (New York 1952) 439; A. E. Sydenham, The Coinage of the Roman Republic (London 1952) 57, no. 478; M. H. Crawford, Roman Republican Coinage (London 1974) 289, no. 265/1.
Source
Classics Department Collection
Identifier
C011
Rights
Wriston Art Center Galleries, Lawrence University, Appleton, WI,wriston-gallery@lawrence.edu,920-832-6890
Files
Citation
Quintus Fabius Maximus, “Quintus Fabius Maximus, silver denarius (Type I), 3.88 g.,” Lawrence University Classics Department & Ottilia Buerger Coin Collections, accessed November 5, 2026, https://thor.lawrence.edu/omeka/buerger/items/show/371.