The Capitoline Triad

255, Lot: 279. Estimate $100. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Cn. Blasio Cn.f. 112-111 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.93 g, 11h). Rome mint. Helmeted head (Mars or Scipio Africanus?) right; grain ear behind / Jupiter standing slightly left between Juno and Minerva, who crowns Jupiter with wreath; palm branch between Jupiter and Minerva; A to right. Crawford 296/1i; Sydenham 561d; Cornelia 20. Near VF.