Triton XXII, Lot: 796. Estimate $750. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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C. Servilius M.f. 136 BC. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.77 g, 6h). Rome mint. Head of Roma right, wearing winged helmet with peaked visor, earring, and pearl necklace; wreath to left above X (mark of value), ROMA below / The Dioscuri on horseback rearing in opposing directions, heads facing one another, each holding couched spear, stars above; C • SERVEILI • M [• F] in exergue. Crawford 239/1; Sydenham 525; Servilia 1; BMCRR Italy 540-7; RBW 984. EF, lightly toned with underlying luster.
From the Alan J. Harlan Collection. Ex CNG Inventory 728274 (November 2001).