Sale: CNG 76, Lot: 1224. Estimate $1500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 12 September 2007.  Sold For $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

M. Aemilius Lepidus. 58 BC. AR Denarius (4.13 g, 12h). Rome mint. Laureate and diademed head of female (Roma? or Venus Victrix?) right / Equestrian statue of M. Aemilius Lepidus holding trophy. Crawford 419/1b; Sydenham 827; Aemilia 21b var. (not laureate). EF, attractive light gray toning, a hint of gold about the devices on the obverse, traces of die rust on obverse, shallow scratch in left field on reverse. Rare.