324, Lot: 294. Estimate $100. Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Pub. Lentulus Marceli. 100 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.89 g, 1h). Rome mint. Bareheaded bust of young Hercules right, seen from behind, wearing lion skin and holding club; to left, shield and •C (reversed) / Roma standing facing, holding spear, being crowned by Genius of the Roman People, holding wreath and cornucopia; •C (reversed) between them; all within laurel wreath. Crawford 329/1a; Sydenham 604; Cornelia 25. VF, toned, a few light scratches, flan flaw in center of reverse.
From the Demetrios Armounta Collection. Ex Hans M. F. Schulman (26 May 1970), lot 246.