Triton XXII, Lot: 811. Estimate $300. Sold for $225. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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L. Calpurnius Piso Frugi. 90 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.83 g, 8h). Rome mint. Laureate head of Apollo right; animal leg(?) behind / Horseman galloping right, carrying palm frond in left hand and reins in right; B above, L • PISO FRVGI and staff(?) below. Crawford 340/1; Sydenham 670; Calpurnia 11; BMCRR Rome 2005 var. (obv. symbol); cf. RBW 1262 for type. EF, lightly toned, underlying luster.
From the Alan J. Harlan Collection, purchased from Freeman & Sear.