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409, Lot: 527. Estimate $100.
Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

P. Fonteius P.f. Capito. 55 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.51 g, 3h). Rome mint. Helmeted and draped bust of Mars right; trophy over shoulder / Warrior on horseback galloping right, thrusting spear downward at kneeling enemy in Gallic helmet, who holds sword and shield; to lower left, another enemy warrior, kneeling right; Gallic helmet and shield to lower right. Crawford 429/1; Sydenham 900; Fonteia 17. VF, toned with some iridescence, struck slightly off center. With an early 20th century Dutch collector’s ticket, indicating it was purchased from Reed & Co., London, 1905.


Ex UBS 45 (15 September 1998), lot 641.