452, Lot: 710. Estimate $300. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Mn. Fonteius C.f. 85 BC. AR Denarius (18.5mm, 4.00 g, 6h). Rome mint. Laureate head of Vejovis (or Apollo) right; EX • A • P to left, thunderbolt below / Infant winged Genius (or Cupid) seated on goat standing right; pilei of the Dioscuri to left and right, thyrsus with fillet in exergue; all within laurel wreath. Crawford 353/2; Sydenham 726; Fonteia 12; Type as RBW 1353. Lightly toned, a few hairline scratches. EF. Rare.

From the Andrew McCabe Collection. Ex Michael Kelly Collection (Spink [E-Sale] 18055, 7 November 2018), lot 24.