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297, Lot: 311. Estimate $150.
Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

A. Postumius A.f. Sp.n. Albinus. 81 BC. AR Serrate Denarius (19mm, 4.09 g, 6h). Rome mint. Veiled head of Hispania right / Togate figure standing left, raising hand, between aquila and fasces. Crawford 372/2; Sydenham 746; Postumia 8. VF, toned, obverse slightly off center.


From the Richard Weigel Collection.

The moneyer is probably alluding to two events in his family history that relate to the province of Hispania. In 180 BC the proconsul L. Postumius Albinus won a victory over the Vaccaei and Lusitani, for which he was awarded a triumph. In 151 BC the consul A. Albinus called for special levies to confront another Spanish insurgency.