448, Lot: 352. Estimate $100. Sold for $340. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Cn. Blasio Cn.f. 112-111 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.96 g, 7h). Rome mint. Helmeted male head right (of Mars, Scipio Africanus, or Blassio?); acrostolium (prow stem) to left, mark of value above / Jupiter standing facing, holding sceptre and thunderbolt, between Juno, and Minerva, crowning Jupiter with wreath; Π between Jupiter and Minerva. Crawford 296/1d; Sydenham 561b; Cornelia 19; RBW 1136. Handsome gray and iridescent cabinet tone. Good VF. Outstanding portrait.

Ex Coin Galleries (15 July 1998), lot 206.