443, Lot: 467. Estimate $200. Sold for $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Cn. Lentulus. 76-75 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.92 g, 5h). Spanish(?) mint. Diademed and draped bust of Genius Populi Romani right; scepter over shoulder / Scepter with wreath, globe, and rudder. Crawford 393/1b; Sydenham 752a; Cornelia 55; Type as RBW 1433. EF, lightly toned.

From the Andrew McCabe Collection. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 100, Part II (30 May 2017), lot 1494; Artemide Aste XXXI (18 December 2010), lot 57; Numismatica Ars Classica 4 (27 February 1991), lot 223; Numismatica Ars Classica 2 (21 February 1990), lot 357.

The reverse legend refers to the office of “cvrator denariorum flandorum,” curator for the casting of denarii, which may have been an antique form of the more well known moneyer title as a group of three men: “tresviri aere argento auro flando feriundo.” It’s an unusual example of the mint management process being mentioned directly on the face of a coin, comparable to the Caesar issue with the legend A.A.A.F.F. later in this sale. The difference in title may be a consequence of this being likely a Spanish issue and perhaps thus not part of the regular moneyer arrangements. [Andrew McCabe]