449, Lot: 434. Estimate $75. Sold for $45. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Man. Aquillius. 109-108 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.81 g, 3h). Rome mint. Radiate head of Sol right; X (mark of value) below chin / Luna driving galloping biga right, holding reins in both hands; crescent moon and three stars above, one star below. Crawford 303/1; Sydenham 557; Aquillia 1. Deeply toned, numerous marks and scrapes. Good Fine.

Ex Massachusetts Historical Society/Adams Family Collection (Part I, Stack’s, 5 March 1971), lot 448 (part of).