375, Lot: 464. Estimate $200. Sold for $360. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EASTERN EUROPE, Imitations of Roman Republican. Geto-Dacians. After 79 BC. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.97 g, 8h). Imitating obverse of T. Quinctius Flamininus, reverse of Ti. Claudius Nero. Helmeted head of Roma right; flamen’s cap to left / Victory in biga right; A • C III below, pseudo-legend in exergue. Davis Class A, Group III, H1 (this coin). For prototype: cf. Crawford 267/1 (obv.) and 383/1 (rev.). VF, lightly toned.

From the RBW Collection. Ex Philip Davis Collection (Gemini IX, 9 January 2012), lot 678.

On his website, Davis notes about this coin: “Obverse transferred from official Republican coin; slightly stylized biga on reverse, with retrograde, very slightly blundered legend.”