Triton XXII, Lot: 914. Estimate $1000. Sold for $2500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Moneyer issues of Imperatorial Rome. Lollius Palicanus. 45 BC. AR Denarius (18.5mm, 4.04 g, 5h). Rome mint. Diademed head of Libertas right, wearing pearl diadem, cruciform earring, and a pearl necklace; LIBERTATIS downward to left / View of Rostra in the Roman Forum, ornamented with ships’ beaks and surmounted by
subsellium (tribune’s bench); PALIKANVS above. Crawford 473/1; CRI 86; Sydenham 960; Lollia 2; BMCRR Rome 4011-2; RBW 1652. Choice EF, lightly toned with some iridescence, underlying luster.
From the Alan J. Harlan Collection. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 83 (20 May 2015), lot 439; Numismatica Ars Classica 2 (21 February 1990), lot 452.