61, Lot: 120. Estimate $100. Sold for $76. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Cn. Carbo. 121 BC. AR Denarius (22mm, 3.91 gm). Helmeted head of Roma right; X behind / Jupiter, holding thunderbolt and sceptre, driving quadriga right. Crawford 279/1; Sydenham 415; Papiria 7. Toned, good VF, graffiti on reverse, oblong flan.
From the Tony Hardy Collection.
This moneyer is perhaps Cn. Paprius Carbo, consul in 113 BC.