420, Lot: 416. Estimate $200. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Mn. Fonteius C.f. 85 BC. AR Denarius (17.7mm, 4.01 g, 5h). Rome mint. Laureate head of Vejovis (or Apollo) right; thunderbolt below / Infant winged Genius (or Cupid) seated on goat standing right; pilei of the Dioscuri to left and right, thyrsus with fillet in exergue; all within laurel wreath. Crawford 353/1d; Sydenham 724b; Fonteia 11; Type as RBW 1352. Near EF, toned, die breaks.

From the Andrew McCabe Collection. Ex Pierre Egbers Collection (Creusy, 26 November 2014), lot 240.

Based on the provenance records in the sale, the Egbers collection was formed in 1930s to 1960s. [A. McCabe]