Exceptional Marcus Arrius Secundus

Triton XIX, Lot: 402. Estimate $30000. Sold for $22000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Moneyer issues of Imperatorial Rome. Marcus Arrius Secundus. 43 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.95 g, 9h). Rome mint. Young, bare, male head (Octavian? or Quintus Arrius?) right, wearing slight beard; M • ARRIVS upwards behind, SECVNDVS downwards before / Hasta pura (vertical spear) between wreath on left and rectangular phalera (military decoration) on right. Crawford 513/2; CRI 319; Sydenham 1084; Arria 2; RBW 1791. Superb EF, attractively toned. Well centered on a broad flan of exceptional metal. Extremely rare in this condition.