Numerius Fabius Pictor, silver denarius, 3.84 g.
Title
Numerius Fabius Pictor, silver denarius, 3.84 g.
Creator
Numerius Fabius Pictor
Date
126 BCE
Description
Obverse: Helmeted head of Roma facing right; to left, star. Border of dots.
Reverse: Q. Fabius Pictor, seated left, helmeted, cuirassed, and holding apex in right hand and spear in left hand; beside him, shield inscribed QVI/ RIN; to left [P]ICTOR; to right, N FABI; ROMA in exergue. Line border.
Style/Period: Roman Republic
Numerius Fabius Pictor served as a triumvir. Here he honors his ancestor Q. Fabius Pictor, who was both praetor of Sardinia and flamen Quirinalis, or priest of the god Quirinus. He is depicted on the reverse cuirassed and with the weapons of a praetor, his shield inscribed Quirin, and holding the apex or cap of a flamen.
-- Bradford W. Wendel, LU '96
Bibliography: E. Babelon, Description historique et chronologique des monnaies de la republique romaine (Paris and London 1885-1886) Fabia, 11; H. A. Grueber, Coins of the Roman Republic in the British Museum (London 1910), I, 181, no. 1172; T. R. S. Broughton, The Magistrates of the Roman Republic, II (New York 1952) 439; E. A. Sydenham, The Coinage of the Roman Republic (London 1952) 64, no. 517; M. H. Crawford, "N. Fabi Pictor," Numismatic Chronicle 5 (1965) 149; M. H. Crawford, Roman Republican Coinage (London 1974) 291-292, no. 268/1a; R. A. G. Carson, Principal Coins of the Romans, I (London 1978) 35, no. 101; Livy, xxxvii.50.8; 51.1-6; Cicero, De Divin. i.21.43.
-- Bradford W. Wendel, LU '96
Bibliography: E. Babelon, Description historique et chronologique des monnaies de la republique romaine (Paris and London 1885-1886) Fabia, 11; H. A. Grueber, Coins of the Roman Republic in the British Museum (London 1910), I, 181, no. 1172; T. R. S. Broughton, The Magistrates of the Roman Republic, II (New York 1952) 439; E. A. Sydenham, The Coinage of the Roman Republic (London 1952) 64, no. 517; M. H. Crawford, "N. Fabi Pictor," Numismatic Chronicle 5 (1965) 149; M. H. Crawford, Roman Republican Coinage (London 1974) 291-292, no. 268/1a; R. A. G. Carson, Principal Coins of the Romans, I (London 1978) 35, no. 101; Livy, xxxvii.50.8; 51.1-6; Cicero, De Divin. i.21.43.
Source
Classics Department Collection
Identifier
C012
Rights
Wriston Art Center Galleries, Lawrence University, Appleton, WI,wriston-gallery@lawrence.edu,920-832-6890
Files
Citation
Numerius Fabius Pictor, “Numerius Fabius Pictor, silver denarius, 3.84 g.,” Lawrence University Classics Department & Ottilia Buerger Coin Collections, accessed November 5, 2026, https://thor.lawrence.edu/omeka/buerger/items/show/372.