Faustus Cornelius Sulla. 56 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 4.02 g, 9h). Rome mint. Head of youthful Hercules right, wearing lion skin; S • C and Faustus monogram down left / Four wreaths around large central globus; uppermost wreath with extra long ties; apluster and grain ear flanking bottom wreath. Crawford 426/4a; Sydenham 882; Kestner 3459; BMCRR Rome 3912-3; Cornelia 61. EF, toned, small banker’s mark on neck.
Ex Sukenik Collection (sold as the Mayflower Collection); Classical Numismatic Auctions IX (17 December 1989), lot 324.
