279, Lot: 317. Estimate $200. Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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A. Albinus Sp.f. 96 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.99 g, 11h). Rome mint. Laureate head of Apollo right; star of ten rays behind, X (mark of value) below chin, R below neck / The Dioscuri standing left beside their horses, which are drinking from fountain; crescent to left. Crawford 335/10b; Sydenham 612b; Postumia 6. VF, toned and faintly porous surfaces, banker’s mark on obverse, light scratches.
From the Bruce R. Brace Collection.