Rare Civil War Denarius

275, Lot: 83. Estimate $500. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Civil War. AD 68-69. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.43 g, 1h). Mint in Spain or Gaul. Bare head of Augustus right / Comet with eight rays. RIC I 92; AM A10; RSC 98a. Near VF, porosity. Rare.

Property of Princeton Economics acquired by Martin Armstrong. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 49 (17 March 1999), lot 1490.