CNG 105, Lot: 680. Estimate $1500. Sold for $2750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Social War. Coinage of the Marsic Confederation. 90-88 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.60 g, 6h). Series 12. Campania mint. Struck circa 88-87 BC. Draped bust of one of the Dioscuri, wearing laureate pileus, surmounted by star / Italia (or Minerva), holding shield in left hand, spear and reins in right, driving galloping biga right; below, bucranium. Campana, Monetazione 152a (D104/R126 – this coin); Sydenham 633a; HN Italy 417. VF, toned, flan crack, minor deposits. Very rare.

From the Collection of a Director. Ex Münzen und Medaillen AG 52 (19 June 1975), lot 330.