446, Lot: 285. Estimate $100. Sold for $65. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Mn. Fonteius C.f. 85 BC. AR Denarius (19.5mm, 3.48 g, 4h). Rome mint. Laureate head of Vejovis (or Apollo) right; [ROMA monogram below chin], thunderbolt below neck / Infant winged Genius (or Cupid) seated on goat, which is standing right; pilei of the Dioscuri above; thyrsus with fillet in exergue; all within laurel wreath. Crawford 353/1a; Sydenham 724; Fonteia 9. VF, toned, light scratches and marks beneath toning, banker’s mark in right obverse field, edge test cut.

From the Dr. Charles Schulz Collection, purchased from Alex Malloy, December 1980.