331, Lot: 223. Estimate $100. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Lucius Aurelius Cotta. 105 BC. AR Serrate Denarius (19mm, 3.68 g, 5h). Rome mint. Draped bust of Vulcan right, wearing laureate pileus; to left, mark of value above tongs; R• below chin; all within wreath / Eagle standing slightly right, head left, on thunderbolt; all within laurel wreath. Crawford 314/1b; Sydenham 577; Aurelia 21. VF, porosity, hairline scratches.