Triton XXII, Lot: 855. Estimate $500. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Q. Fufius Calenus and Mucius Cordus. 68 BC. AR Serrate Denarius (20mm, 3.91 g, 5h). Rome mint. Jugate heads right of Honos, laureate, and Virtus, wearing crested helmet; HO to left, VI(RT) to right; KALENI below / Italia standing right, holding cornucopia in left hand, vis-à-vis Roma standing left, foot on globe and holding scepter in left, clasping hands; winged caduceus to left; I (TA) to left, RO to right; CORDI in exergue. Crawford 403/1; Sydenham 797; Fufia 1; BMCRR Rome 3358-63; RBW 1445. EF, lightly toned, underlying luster.
From the Alan J. Harlan Collection, purchased from R.M. Smythe (David Vagi).