Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 586. Estimate $750. Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008. Sold For $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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C. Vibius C.f. Pansa. 90 BC. AR Denarius (3.53 g, 5h). Rome mint. PANSA behind, mask of Silenus right, wearing ivy wreath, tied with fillet; cymbal below / C • VIBIVS • C • F below, mask of Pan right; flute before. Crawford 342/1; Sydenham 689; cf. Kestner 2961-2962 var. (control symbols); BMCRR Rome 2311; Vibia 8; CNR 22/4 (this coin). Good VF, toned, faint cleaning scratches beneath toning, minor edge smoothing. Exceptional strike for issue. Very rare.
Ex Münzen und Medaillen 43 (12 November 1970), lot 101.