295, Lot: 347. Estimate $100. Sold for $90. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Furius Purpurio. 169-158 BC. AR Denarius (17mm, 2.83 g, 8h). Rome mint. Helmeted head of Roma right; X (mark of value) behind / Luna, wearing crescent on head, driving galloping biga right; murex shell above. Crawford 187/1; Sydenham 424; Furia 13. Near VF, toned, traces of porosity, a pair of scratches in right obverse field, flan flaws on reverse.

From the Bruce R. Brace Collection.