Gladiatorial Combat

319, Lot: 357. Estimate $300. Sold for $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Moneyer issues of Imperatorial Rome. L. Livineius Regulus. 42 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.92 g, 7h). Rome mint. Bare head right / Gladiatorial scene: in foreground, lion charging right toward a combatant who spears it; in background on left, a wounded bear sits right; on right, another gladiator, holding sword and shield, defends himself against a tiger charging left. Crawford 494/30; CRI 179; Sydenham 1112; Livineia 12. Good VF, toned, areas of weak strike, a couple old scratches on reverse. Scarce and popular type.

From the Professor T. V. Buttrey Collection.