Roman Republic, Tiberius Claudius Nero, serrate denarius, 79 B.C., mint of Rome

Obv. bust of Diana draped right, bow and quiver on her left arm, S·C on the right.

Rev. Victory driving biga to right, holding reins, palm branch and laurel wreath; below, A·I;  TI·CLAVD·TI·F/AP·N in two lines in ex. 

Silver, 3.98 g, 17.7 mm. Crawford 383/1, Sydenham 770, Claudia 5.

Grade XF, lustre, toned. Obv. somewhat off flan.

Tacitus wrote on the Germans that they approve old and familiar money with serrate edges and bigae: Pecuniam probant veterem et diu notam, serratos bigatosque.