Triton XXII, Lot: 829. Estimate $750. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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L. Censorinus. 82 BC. AR Denarius (17mm, 4.32 g, 10h). Rome mint. Laureate head of Apollo right / Marsyas standing left, raising hand and holding wineskin over shoulder; to right, column surmounted by statue of Minerva(?) standing right; L • CENSOR downward to left. Crawford 363/1d; Sydenham 737; Marcia 24; BMCRR 2657-9; RBW 1372. EF, deep iridescent toning.
From the Alan J. Harlan Collection, purchased from Edward J. Waddell. Ex Monetarium FPL 51 (Spring 1989), lot 116; reportedly Downie-Lepczyk 67 (25 April 1986), lot 96 (not illustrated in catalog); Sternberg VII (24 November 1977), lot 359.