284, Lot: 256. Estimate $100. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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C. Naevius Balbus. 79 BC. AR Serrate Denarius (18mm, 4.00 g, 10h). Rome mint. Diademed head of Venus right / Victory driving triga right; XXXI above. Crawford 382/1b; Sydenham 769b; Naevia 6. Good VF, toned, traces of red clay from an old plaster casting on the obverse.
One of the few appearances of a triga on a Roman coin.