171, Lot: 175. Estimate $100. Sold for $106. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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A. Postumius A.f. Sp.n. Albinus. 81 BC. AR Serrate Denarius (20mm, 3.72 g). Veiled head of Hispania right / Togate figure standing left, raising hand; legionary eagle to left;
fasces with axe to right. Crawford 372/2; Sydenham 746; Postumia 8. Choice EF, toned, obverse banker’s mark.
From the Karl Sifferman Collection.
This coin refers to L. Postumius Albinus, an ancestor of the moneyer, praetor in Spain in 180 BC.