Issue of the Marsic Confederation

Sale: CNG 76, Lot: 3183. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 12 September 2007.  Sold For $810. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Social War. Coinage of the Marsic Confederation. 90-88 BC. AR Denarius (3.61 g, 8h). Bovianum(?) mint. Struck 89 BC. Laureate head of Italia left / Soldier standing facing, head right, foot on uncertain object, holding inverted spear and sword; recumbent bull to right facing; symbol in exergue. Campana 147 (D99/R122); Sydenham 627. VF, toned, areas of flat strike.

From the John A. Seeger Collection.