Triton XVII, Lot: 530. Estimate $750. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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C. Poblicius Q.f. 80 BC. AR Serrate Denarius (19mm, 3.97 g, 4h). Rome mint. Draped bust of Roma right, wearing helmet ornamented with gryphon’s head, and at each side a feather; ROMA downwards to left; A above / Hercules, naked, standing left, and strangling the Nemean lion; club on ground at his feet; bow case to left; A above left; [C] • POBLICI • Q • F upwards to right. Crawford 380/1; Sydenham 768; Kestner 3220-1 var. (control letter); BMCRR Rome 2896; Poblicia 9; CNR 18/1. EF, toned, small die break on obverse, hairline flan crack, a couple shallow scratches under tone. Exceptional detail on reverse.