Scarce Vergilia 1

Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 593. Estimate $400.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gargilius, Ogulnius, and Vergilius. 86 BC. AR Denarius (4.01 g, 2h). Rome mint. Head of Apollo right, wearing oak wreath; thunderbolt below / VER below, GAR • OGVL in exergue, Jupiter driving galloping quadriga right, hurling thunderbolt with raised right hand and holding reins in left; S above. Crawford 350A/1e; Sydenham 721d; Kestner 3063; BMCRR Rome 2621; Vergilia 1. EF, gray and iridescent toning, obverse struck slightly off center.