379, Lot: 188. Estimate $100. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EASTERN EUROPE, Imitations of Roman Republican. Geto-Dacians. After 83 BC. AR Denarius (17.5mm, 3.33 g, 4h). Imitating obverse of L. Torquatus, reverse of Q. Antonius Balbus. Head of Roma right, X (mark of value) below chin; all within decorated torque / Victory, holding palm frond, driving quadriga right; pseudo-legend in exergue. Davis Class A, Group II, M113 (this coin). For prototype: cf. Crawford 295/1 (obv.) and 364/1b (rev.). Near VF, lightly toned, off center on reverse.

From the RBW Collection. Ex Phillip Davis Collection (Gemini X, 9 January 2012), lot 743.6, purchased from La Galerie de Numismatique, 13 January 2005.