Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 292. Estimate $1000. Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010. Sold For $2200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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P. Accoleius Lariscolus. September-December 43 BC. AR Denarius (4.14 g, 11h). Rome mint. Draped bust of Diana Nemorensis (or Acca Larentia) right; P • ACCOLEIVS LARISCOLVI (
sic) / Triple cult statue of Diana Nemorensis (the
Nymphae Querquetulanae: Diana, Hecate, Selene) facing, supporting on their hands and shoulders a beam, above which are five cypress trees; the figure on the left holds a poppy in her right hand; the nymph on the right holds a lily in her left. Crawford 486/1 var. (obverse legend ends in S); CRI 172 var. (same); Sydenham 1148 var. (same); Kestner 3702-3 var. (same); BMCRR Rome 4211-3 var. (same); Accoleia 1 var. (same). Superb EF, delightful, deep gray cabinet toning.
Ex Triton X (9 January 2007), lot 543.