CNG 105, Lot: 675. Estimate $300. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Lucius Aurelius Cotta. 105 BC. Fourrée Serrate Denarius (21mm, 3.71 g, 1h). Rome mint. Draped bust of Vulcan right, wearing laureate pileus; mark of value above tongs to left, O• to right; all within wreath / Eagle standing right on thunderbolt, head left; all within laurel wreath. Crawford 314/1b; Sydenham 577; Aurelia 21. EF, toned, plating broken on the reverse and edge. Well centered on a broad flan.

From the Collection of a Director.

It is rare to encounter a fourrée serrate denarius.