171, Lot: 180. Estimate $100. Sold for $73. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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C. Marius C.f. Capito. 81 BC. AR Serrate Denarius (18mm, 3.82 g). Draped bust of Ceres right; C
^I above, pine-cone(?) before / Farmer plowing with yoke of oxen; C
^I above. Crawford 378/1c; Sydenham 744b; Maria 9. VF, find patina, flan flaw on reverse.
From the Karl Sifferman Collection.
The obverse control mark is described as a bunch of grapes in Crawford, but it does look more like a pine-cone or perhaps an acorn.