324, Lot: 294. Estimate $100. Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Pub. Lentulus Marceli. 100 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.89 g, 1h). Rome mint. Bareheaded bust of young Hercules right, seen from behind, wearing lion skin and holding club; to left, shield and •C (reversed) / Roma standing facing, holding spear, being crowned by Genius of the Roman People, holding wreath and cornucopia; •C (reversed) between them; all within laurel wreath. Crawford 329/1a; Sydenham 604; Cornelia 25. VF, toned, a few light scratches, flan flaw in center of reverse.

From the Demetrios Armounta Collection. Ex Hans M. F. Schulman (26 May 1970), lot 246.