379, Lot: 185. Estimate $100. Sold for $360. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EASTERN EUROPE, Imitations of Roman Republican. Geto-Dacians. After 86 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 4.41 g, 12h). Imitating obverse of M. Vargunteius, reverse of “Gar, Ogvl, Ver”. Helmeted head of Roma right; mark of value below chin / Stylized figure in quadriga right. Davis Class A, Group II, M105 (this coin). For prototype: cf. Crawford 257/1 (obv.) and 350A/1 (rev.). Fine, lightly toned.

From the RBW Collection. Ex Phillip Davis Collection (Gemini X, 9 January 2012), lot 743.4, purchased from La Galerie de Numismatique, 13 January 2005.