M. Volteius M.f. (78/75 BC). AR denarius (19mm, 3.80 gm, 10h). NGC VF 5/5 - 4/5. Rome. Head of young Hercules right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied before neck / M•VOLTEI•M•F•, Erymanthian Boar charging right. Crawford 385/2. Sydenham 775. Volteia 2. Crawford (78 BC), Hersh/Walker (75 BC). From the Bacchus Collection Crawford (written in 1974) assigns this coin to 78 BC. The chronological order for 78 BC to 51 BC was restructured by Charles Hersh and Alan Walker's in thei"The Mesagne Hoard", which appeared in the ANA's publication "Museum Notes" in 1984, and moved this issue to 75 BC.

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