CNG 108, Lot: 484. Estimate $300. Sold for $280. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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P. Cornelius Lentulus Marcellinus. 100 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.36 g, 9h). Rome mint. Bareeaded bust of Hercules right, seen from behind, wearing lion’s skin, with club over shoulder; shield to left, •/A/• to right / Roma standing facing, holding spear, being crowned by Genius of the Roman People to right; •/A/• to left; all within laurel wreath. Crawford 329/1b; Sydenham 604a; Cornelia 25a; RBW –. Good VF, toned, minor surface crack on reverse.
From the Jonathan P. Rosen Collection. Ex Nancy Walsh Collection (Gemini XI, 12 January 2014), lot 355; Berk BBS 80 (18 January 1994), lot 670.