Voting in the Comitia

Sale: CNG 76, Lot: 3176. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 12 September 2007.  Sold For $520. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

P. Nerva. 113-112 BC. AR Denarius (3.92 g, 11h). Rome mint. Helmeted bust of Roma left, holding spear over shoulder and shield decorated with rider on horse left ; mark of value to left / Three citizens voting on comitium: one voter receives ballot from attendant below, another voter places ballot in cista; [P on tablet above bar]. Crawford 292/1; Sydenham 548; Licinia 7. Good VF, toned, flan flaw at edge on reverse.

From the John A. Seeger Collection.