393, Lot: 224. Estimate $200. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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C. Naevius Balbus. 79 BC. AR Serrate Denarius (18mm, 3.93 g, 1h). Rome mint. Diademed head of Venus right / Victory driving galloping triga right, holding reins; CXXXX[...] above. Crawford 382/1b; Sydenham 769b; Naevia 6. Near EF, toned. Nice metal.
From the Dr. Lawrence D. Sporty Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Inventory 911998 (November 2011); Deyo Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 266, 19 October 2011), lot 306; Classical Numismatic Auctions I (1 May 1987), lot 161.