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Faithful Copy of Limetanus’ Ulysses Type

364, Lot: 205. Estimate $150.
Sold for $340. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EASTERN EUROPE, Geto-Dacians. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.31 g, 12h). Types of C. Mamilius Limetanus. After 82 BC. Draped bust of Mercury right, wearing petasus; caduceus behind, V before / Ulysses, holding staff, walking right, greeted by his dog Argus. Davis A/Ib (this coin illustrated [fig. 2]; website C9); cf. Crawford 362/1; Apulum XLIII, 47 (this coin). Near VF, toned, porosity and scratches.


From the RBW Collection. Ex Phillip Davis Collection (Gemini IX, 8 January 2012), lot 639.