P. Furius Crassipes (ca. 84 BC). AR denarius (20mm, 8h). NGC Choice Fine, bankers marks. Rome. AED•CVR, turreted head of Cybele right; foot upwards behind / CRASSIPES, curule chair, P•FOVRIVS on seat crossbar. Crawford 356/1a. Sydenham 735. Furia 19. From the Bacchus Collection Neither P. Furius Crassipes, nor his aedileship, are otherwise known apart from this issue. The obverse portrait of Cybele alludes to the Ludi Megalenses, with the foot an allusion to the cognomen Crassipes.

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