409, Lot: 502. Estimate $200. Sold for $380. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

C. Maianius. 153 BC. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.87 g, 12h). Rome mint. Helmeted head of Roma right; X (mark of value) to left / Victory driving biga right, holding reins and whip. Crawford 203/1a; Sydenham 427; Maiania 1. EF, attractive iridescent toning. With early 20th century Dutch collector’s ticket, indicating it was purchased from Bourgey, Paris, 1907.

Ex UBS 45 (15 September 1998), lot 434.