Obv. Head of Juno Sospita right, wearing goat skin headdress, ornate harpa behind; under the neck truncation, [L R]OSCI.
Rev. female figure on left, feeding snake on right, pointed tool behind her; FABATI in ex.
Silver, 3.90 g, 16.8 mm. Babelon Roscia 3. Sydenham 915. RBW–. Crawford 412/1, pair of symbols, 127.
Grade: Good VF / almost XF; very rare variant.
Luscius Roscius Fabatus belonged to the plebeian gens Roscii. He was probably born around 95-90 B.C. in Lanuvium, a city known for its temple and the cult of Juno Sospita. He began his political career as a moneyer in 64 BC. That is why the obverse of this coin features Juno Sospita and the reverse depicts her cult in Lanuvium.
