Rare Lead Fourrée Core

378, Lot: 445. Estimate $100. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. Late 46-early 45 BC. PB Fourrée Gold Quinarius Core (?) (15mm, 1.33 g, 1h). Rome mint; L. Munatius Plancus, praefectus urbi. Draped and winged bust of Victory right / Praefericulum. For prototype: cf. Crawford 475/2; cf. King 68; cf. CRI 61; cf. Sydenham 1020. Fair, rough surfaces. Fragile. Extremely rare.

From the RBW Collection, purchased from Frank Kovacs, 8 August 1991. Ex Frank D. Arnold Inventory, April 1991.