Triton XX, Lot: 518. Estimate $300. Sold for $325. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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A. Postumius A.f. Sp.n. Albinus. 81 BC. AR Serrate Denarius (19mm, 3.97 g, 3h). Rome mint. Draped bust of Diana, wearing single drop earring; hair drawn back and collected into a knot behind; over shoulder, quiver and bow, terminating in stag’s head; bucranium above / Togate figure standing left on rock, holding aspergillum in right hand over head of ox, standing right, lighted altar between them; A • POST A • F • S • N • (AL)BIN around. Crawford 372/1; Sydenham 745; Postumia 7; Kestner 3183-5; BMCRR Rome 2836-8; RBW 1392. EF, attractive cabinet toning, soft strike on periphery of reverse.
From the Dr. Patrick H. C. Tan Collection.