316, Lot: 362. Estimate $200. Sold for $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

C. Fonteius. 114-113 BC. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.81 g, 6h). Rome mint. Laureate, janiform heads of the Dioscuri / Galley left with three rowers, gubernator at stern. Crawford 290/1; Sydenham 555; Fonteia 1. Near EF, toned, area of flat strike on obverse.

From the Simon Shipp Collection.