452, Lot: 714. Estimate $300. Sold for $630. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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L. Procilius. 80 BC. AR Serrate Denarius (18mm, 4.10 g, 5h). Rome mint. Head of Juno Sospita right, wearing goat-skin headdress / Juno Sospita driving galloping biga right, hurling spear and holding shield and reins; serpent erect below. Crawford 379/2; Sydenham 772; Procilia 2; Type as RBW 1407. Toned, a bit of obverse die rust. Choice EF.
From the Andrew McCabe Collection. Ex Roma XIV (21 September 2017), lot 471 (hammer £600); Numismatica Ars Classica 100 (29 May 2017), lot 1485 (hammer CHF 550); Classical Numismatic Group 64 (24 September 2003), lot 800 (hammer $500); Leu 75 (25 October 1999), lot 1420.