279, Lot: 281. Estimate $100. Sold for $110. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Numerius Fabius Pictor. 126 BC. AR Denarius (16mm, 3.91 g, 12h). Rome mint. Helmeted head of Roma right; mark of value behind, M below chin / The flamen Quirinalis, Q. Fabius Pictor, seated left, holding apex and spear; shield at side inscribed QVI/RIN in two lines; uncertain control letter behind the flamen's head. Crawford 268/1b; Sydenham 517a; Fabia 11. VF, darkly toned.

From the Bruce R. Brace Collection.