61, Lot: 164. Estimate $100. Sold for $75. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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M. Aemilius Lepidus. 58 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.16 gm). Turreted head of Alexandria right / Lepidus standing left, crowning Ptolemy V, standing facing and holding sceptre. Crawford 419/2; Sydenham 831 or 832; Aemilia 23 or 24. Fair, cleaned, bankers' marks, light porosity. Rare.
From the Tony Hardy Collection.
The combination of porosity, cleaning, and banker's mark on the obverse make a more specific attribution impossible.