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