297, Lot: 281. Estimate $100. Sold for $85. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

C. Malleolus. 96 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.85 g, 3h). Rome mint. Helmeted head of Mars right; mallet above, X (mark of value) below chin / Warrior standing left, right foot on cuirass, holding spear and leaning on tabella divided into two compartments, in one CM/(AL) in two lines, in the other a Π, retrograde and sideways; trophy in left field. Crawford 335/3f; Sydenham 615b; Poblicia 8. VF, toned, obverse off center.

From the Richard Weigel Collection.