Rare Variety
239, Lot: 469. Estimate $150. Sold for $460. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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C. Hosidius C.f. Geta. 64 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.96 g, 6h). Rome mint. Diademed and draped bust of Diana right, bow and quiver over shoulder / Calydonian boar standing right, harried by hound to left. Crawford 407/2 var. (spear pierces boar); Sydenham 903a; Hosidia 1a. VF, toned. Rare variety lacking the spear that normally pierces the boar.
Ex VAuctions 228 (28 May 2009), lot 63; Kurpfälzische Münzhandlung 43 (10 December 1992), lot 258.