409, Lot: 505. Estimate $100. Sold for $310. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

C. Augurinus. 135 BC. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.84 g, 8h). Rome mint. Helmeted head of Roma right; X (mark of value) below chin / Ionic column surmounted by statue; at base, two stalks of grain; on left, L. Minucius Augurinus standing right, holding patera, foot on modius; on right, M. Minucius Faesus standing left, holding lituus. Crawford 242/1; Sydenham 463; Minucia 3. VF, toned. With early 20th century Dutch collector’s ticket, indicating it was purchased from Bourgey, Paris, 1907.

Ex UBS 45 (15 September 1998), lot 454.