The Corona Vallaris

CNG 102, Lot: 812. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Moneyer issues of Imperatorial Rome. C. Numonius Vaala. 43 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.65 g, 6h). Rome mint. Bare head of Numonius Vaala right; C • NVMONIVS downward to right, VAALA upward to left / Soldier advancing left, holding spear and shield, attacking a vallum defended by two soldiers; VAA[L]A in exergue. Crawford 514/2; CRI 322; Sydenham 1087; Numonia 2. VF, toned, traces of deposits in devices, areas of weak strike on reverse, a few bankers’ marks on obverse.

From the estate of Thomas Bentley Cederlind. Ex Gorny & Mosch 215 (13 October 2013), lot 988 (hammer €1300).