279, Lot: 391. Estimate $150. Sold for $200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Moneyer issues of Imperatorial Rome. L. Valerius Acisculus. 45 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.80 g, 12h). Rome mint. Diademed head of Apollo Soranus right surmounted by star; pickax (acisculus) behind / Europa riding bull right, holding her veil which billows out above. Crawford 474/1a; CRI 90; Sydenham 998; Valeria 17. VF, toned, a few light edge marks.

From the Bruce R. Brace Collection.