379, Lot: 620. Estimate $100. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BECKER FORGERIES. C. Vibius Varus. 42 BC. AR “Denarius” (19mm, 3.83 g, 6h). Forgery by Carl Wilhelm Becker (1772-1830). ΙΟΥΛΙΑΝ ΑΦΠΟΔ ΔΙΤΗΝ, wreathed head of the Julian Aphrodite right / C · VIBIVS VARVS, Venus standing left, seen from behind, holding mirror; column to right. Hill 146. VF, toned.

From the RBW Collection.

A particularly interesting Becker imitation. The last specimen we sold (E-340, lot 588) hammered at $475.