CNG 90, Lot: 1332. Estimate $200. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Q. Fabius Maximus. Restored issue, 82-80 BC. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.93 g, 6h). Rome mint. Laureate head of Apollo right; lyre before, X (mark of value) below chin / Cornucopia over thunderbolt; all within wreath of grain ears and poppy heads. Crawford 371/1; Sydenham 718; Fabia 6. Good VF, toned, a pair of tiny contact marks on lower jaw, a few gouges on central reverse.

From the Bruce R. Brace Collection.