171, Lot: 194. Estimate $300. Sold for $235. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

M. Volteius M.f. 75 BC. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.28 g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Tripod-lebes, center leg entwined by serpent. Crawford 385/5; Sydenham 778; Volteia 5. Near VF, porous, some deposits. Very rare.

From the Karl Sifferman Collection.

The issue of M. Volteius for the Ludi Apollonares seems to have been notably smaller than for the other festivals. Crawford notes the obverse / reverse die count for the issues, and finds between 60 and 80 for 385/1, /3 and /4, 20 and 22 for 385/2, and only 8 and 7 for 385/5.