375, Lot: 640. Estimate $150. Sold for $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

P. Cornelius Lentulus Marcellinus. 100 BC. AR Denarius (18.5mm, 3.91 g, 5h). Rome mint. Bust of Hercules right, seen from behind, wearing lion skin; club over shoulder, shield to left; •/K to right / Roma standing facing, holding spear, being crowned by Genius of the Roman People to right; •/K to left; all within laurel-wreath. Crawford 329/1b; Sydenham 604a; Cornelia 25a. VF, toned, scratch and banker’s mark on reverse, edge test cut. Well centered.

From the Nicoleta Collection.