ROMAN SOCIAL WAR. Coinage of the Marsic Confederation. 90-88 BC. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.91 g, 11h). Bovianum(?) mint. Struck 89 BC. VITELIV (retrograde), laureate head of Italia left / Soldier standing facing, head right, foot on uncertain object, holding inverted spear and sword; recumbent bull to right facing; > in exergue. Campana 127 (D89/R110); Sydenham 627. Superb EF, toned. Amongst the finest known.
Ex Leu 83 (6-7 May 2002), lot 603; Münzen und Medaillen 79 (28 February 1994), lot 5.
