279, Lot: 308. Estimate $100. Sold for $150. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Lucius Aurelius Cotta. 105 BC. AR Serrate Denarius (19mm, 3.85 g, 6h). Rome mint. Draped bust of Vulcan right, wearing laureate pileus; mark of value above tongs behind, X below chin; all within wreath / Eagle standing on thunderbolt, head left; all within laurel wreath. Crawford 314/1b; Sydenham 577; Aurelia 21. VF, toned, a few shallow scratches.

From the Bruce R. Brace Collection.