Triton XVI, Lot: 858. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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The Pompeians. L. Cornelius Lentulus and C. Claudius Marcellus. April-June 49 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.71 g, 11h). Apollonia in Illyricum. Head of Apollo right; COS up left, L • LENT • C • (MA)RC down right / Jupiter standing facing, head right, holding thunderbolt in extended right hand and in extended left, eagle right, head left, with wings displayed; eight-rayed star above Q to left, garlanded altar to right. Crawford 445/2; CRI 5; Sydenham 1030; Kestner 3530-1; BMCRR East 21; Cornelia 65. Choice EF, lightly toned.
From the Goldman Roman Imperatorial Collection. Ex Tkalec (29 February 2008), lot 223.