LIVINEIUS REGULUS SILVER DENARIUS – VENATIO SCENE EX 1930s HUBEL COLLECTION – GOOD VF ROMAN REPUBLICAN COIN (Inv. 19919)

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19919. ROMAN IMPERATORIAL. L LIVINEIUS REGULUS, 42 BC.
Silver Denarius, 3.87 g, 17 mm. Issue of Rome.
Obv. Head of L. Regulus right. Rev. L REGVLVS, venatio scene with lion charging right toward a bestiarius in the foreground, a wounded bear sits in the background while another bestiarius engages a tiger charging left (partially off planchet).
Crawford 494/30; Sydenham 1112.
Ex Robert W. Hubel Collection, Michigan, 1930s, with his inventory number 662 in red ink on obverse.
Good VF, minor circulation marks, a popular type showing the hunts of exotic animals that preceded the gladiatorial fights in the amphitheater.