Sale: Triton VI, Lot: 637. Estimate $300. Closing Date: Monday, 13 January 2003. Sold For $725. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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A. Albinus Sp. f. 96 BC. AR Denarius (3.87 gm). Laureate head of Apollo right; star of six rays behind, X below chin, ROM[A] below / The Dioscuri standing left beside their horses, which are standing left, drinking at a fountain; crescent left, A. ALBIN[VS. S. F] in exergue. Crawford 335/10a; Sydenham 612; Postumia 5. Good VF. Rare type. ($300)
This is the first coin of this type offered in a CNG auction. The type relates to the battle of Lake Regillius, at which the Roman army was commanded by A. Postumius Albus. The Dioscuri were said to have assisted the Romans in their victory, and the reverse of this type shows them watering their horses at the fountain of Futurna in the Roman Forum, where they were supposed to have arrived on the eve of the battle.