M. Carbo. Denarius

M. Carbo; 122 BC, Denarius, 3.80g. Crawford-276/1, Syd-423. Obv: Helmeted head of Roma r. wearing pendant earring and pearl necklace; before, X; behind, laurel branch. Rx: ROMA / M CARBO, Jupiter holding thunderbolt and scepter, driving quadriga r. This moneyer may have been mentioned in Cicero's Ad Familiares IX.21.3. If so, he was apparently condemned as "a great thief, out of Sicily," by P. Flaccus.. VF