421, Lot: 526. Estimate $150. Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

P. Cornelius Lentulus Marcellinus. 100 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.97 g, 1h). Rome mint. Bareheaded bust of young Hercules right, seen from behind, wearing lion skin and holding club; behind, shield and •/Π/• / Roma standing facing, holding spear, being crowned by Genius of the Roman People, holding wreath and cornucopia; •/Π/• between them; all within laurel wreath. Crawford 329/1a; Sydenham 604; Cornelia 25; RBW 1186 var. (letter on obv. and rev.). VF, toned.

From the Jonathan P. Rosen Collection.