Fine Style Imitation

364, Lot: 226. Estimate $200. Sold for $360. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EASTERN EUROPE, Geto-Dacians. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.67 g, 4h). Types of C. Piso Frugi. After 67 BC. Diademed head of Apollo right; Γ behind / Horseman right, with palm over shoulder. Davis A/Ib (website C16); cf. Crawford 408/1; Apulum XLIII, 53 (this coin). Good VF, toned.

From the RBW Collection. Ex Phillip Davis Collection (Gemini IX, 8 January 2012), lot 705; reportedly from an old collection from Constancia, Romania.

From the Gemini sale: “While clearly unofficial, this pieces displays impressive fidelity to the fine style and high relief of the prototype. Said to have been found in Dubroja, Romania.”