374, Lot: 488. Estimate $100. Sold for $380. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Moneyer issues of Imperatorial Rome. L. Valerius Acisculus. 45 BC. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.66 g, 12h). Rome mint. Diademed head of Apollo Soranus right; acisculus to left / Europa riding a bull right, holding a billowing veil above with both hands. Crawford 474/1a var. (without star above Apollo’s head); CRI 90 var. (same); Sydenham 998 var. (same); Valeria 17 var. (same). VF, deeply toned, banker’s marks on the obverse, light deposits. Rare variety.

From the RBW Collection. Ex Rindge Collection, Part 2 (Malter XXX, 7 June 1985), lot 1850.