344, Lot: 435. Estimate $100. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Lucius Aurelius Cotta. 105 BC. AR Serrate Denarius (19mm, 3.84 g, 9h). Rome mint. Draped bust of Vulcan right, wearing laureate pileus; to left, mark of value above tongs; D•• below chin; all within wreath / Eagle standing slightly right, head left, on thunderbolt; all within laurel wreath. Crawford 314/1b; Sydenham 577; Aurelia 21. VF, toned, light graffiti on obverse, scrape on reverse.

From the Elwood Rafn Collection.