CNG 108, Lot: 490. Estimate $200. Sold for $280. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

C. Norbanus. 83 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.85 g). Brockage strike. Rome mint. Diademed head of Venus right; CVIIII to left / Incuse of obverse. Cf. Crawford 357/1b; cf. Sydenham 739; cf. Norbana 2; cf. RBW 1363 (different numeral). VF, iridescent tone.

From the Jonathan P. Rosen Collection.