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447, Lot: 426. Estimate $300.
Sold for $340. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Mn. Fonteius C.f. 85 BC. AR Denarius (18.5mm, 3.74 g, 5h). Rome mint. Laureate head of Vejovis (or Apollo) right; thunderbolt below / Infant winged Genius (or Cupid) seated on goat standing right; pilei of the Dioscuri to left and right, thyrsus with fillet in exergue; all within laurel wreath. Crawford 353/1d; Sydenham 724b; Fonteia 11. Attractive cabinet toning with some light marks and scratches beneath. Good VF.


Ex Dr. Erik Miller Collection (Spink 19004, 27 March 2019), lot 189, purchased privately from Spink, 12 December 1964, for £8.10.0.