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171, Lot: 199. Estimate $150.
Sold for $440. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Q. Creperius M.f. Rocus. 69 BC. AR Serrate Denarius (17mm, 3.49 g). Draped bust of Amphitrite right; dolphin behind, D before / Neptune, wielding trident, in sea-chariot right, drawn by two hippocamps. Crawford 399/1a; Sydenham 796; Crepereia 1. VF, toned, edge chips. Scarce.


From the Karl Sifferman Collection.

The strong nautical types of Creperius hint at a connection with overseas trade, or perhaps with Bruttium, the other location of prominent representations of Amphitrite.