279, Lot: 393. Estimate $100. Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Moneyer issues of Imperatorial Rome. C. Vibius Varus. 42 BC. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.80 g, 6h). Rome mint. Head of Bacchus or Liber right, wearing wreath of ivy and grapes / Panther springing left; to left, garlanded altar surmounted by mask and thyrsus. Crawford 494/36; CRI 192; Sydenham 1138; Vibia 24. VF, toned, some minor roughness, two test cuts on edge.

From the Bruce R. Brace Collection.