391, Lot: 417. Estimate $100. Sold for $110. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Q. Thermus M.f. 103 BC. AR Denarius (20.5mm, 3.92 g, 6h). Rome mint. Head of Mars left, wearing crested helmet ornamented with plume and annulet / Two warriors fighting, each armed with sword and shield; the one on the left protects a fallen comrade, the other wears horned helmet. Crawford 319/1; Sydenham 592; Minucia 19. VF, some marks on obverse, scratches and a few deposits on reverse, hairline flan crack.

From the FJ Collection. Ex Oslo Mynthandel 36 (6 October 1995), lot 1127.