Two Social War Denarii

CNG 105, Lot: 679. Estimate $2000. Sold for $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Social War. Coinage of the Marsic Confederation. 90-88 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.93 g, 3h). Series 3a. Corfinium mint. Struck circa 90 BC. Laureate head of Italia left, wearing a necklace and pendant earring / Oath-taking scene: eight warriors, four on each side of a pole with banner, with their swords pointing at a pig held in the arms of sacerdos faecialis, who is squatting down. Campana, Monetazione, 12 (D10/R8); Sydenham 629; HN Italy 415b. Good VF, toned, diagnostic die break behind Italia’s head, a couple light scratches. Well centered. Very rare.

From the Collection of a Director.