Denarius of Gaius Fonteius, 114-113 BC. The Doscuri are depicted as a Janiform head on the obverse. The reverse shows a galley, a reference to Telegonus, son of Ulysses and founder of Tusculum.
The gens Fonteia was a plebeian family at ancient Rome. Members of this gens are first mentioned toward the end of the third century BC; Titus Fonteius was a legate of Publius Cornelius Scipio during the Second Punic War. The first of the Fonteii to obtain the consulship was Gaius Fonteius Capito, consul suffectus in 33 BC.[1][2]
^Marcus Tullius Cicero, Pro Domo Sua 44.
^Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, William Smith, Editor.
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