From the Virgil Brand Collection
Q. Marcius Libo. 148 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.92 g, 6h). Rome mint. Head of Roma right, wearing winged helmet, ornamented with griffin’s head; the visor in three pieces and peaked; wearing triple-drop earring and pearl necklace, hair arranged in three symmetrical locks; LIBO downwards to left; X (mark of value) below chin / The Dioscuri on horseback charging right, each holding a couched spear, and wearing sagum, cuirass, and pileus, surmounted by a star; below horses, Q • (MA)RC; ROMA on tablet in exergue. Crawford 215/1; Sydenham 395; Kestner 2029-31; BMCRR Rome 700-1; Marcia 1. Superb EF, toned, a touch off center.
Ex Numsimatica Ars Classica 70 (16 May 2013), lot 28; Tkalec & Rauch (14 April 1986), lot 247; Virgil M. Brand Collection (Part 3, Sotheby's, 9 June 1983), lot 197.
