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329, Lot: 336. Estimate $100.
Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

C. Marius C.f. Capito. 81 BC. AR Serrate Denarius (19mm, 3.89 g, 7h). Rome mint. Draped bust of Ceres, wearing wreath of grain ears; CXVIIII above, tessera nummularia below chin / Husbandman with yoke of oxen ploughing left; CXVIIII above. Crawford 378/1c; Sydenham 744b; Maria 9. VF, banker’s mark on Ceres’ face, scratch before.


From the Demetrios Armounta Collection.

A tessera nummularia was “a tablet, attached to a sealed bag with coins, certifying that the coins are genuine. The statement was issued by a mint officer.” [Encyclopedic Dictionary of Roman Law, Volume 43, by Adolf Berger]