455, Lot: 257. Estimate $300. Sold for $380. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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L. Sulla and L. Manlius Torquatus. 82 BC. AR Denarius (16.5mm, 3.94 g, 1h). Military mint moving with Sulla. Helmeted head of Roma right / Sulla driving triumphal quadriga right, holding branch and reins; above, Victory flying left, crowning him with laurel wreath. Crawford 367/5; Sydenham 757; Manlia 4; RBW –. Lovely cabinet toning with some iridescence, minor obverse die rust. Near EF.
From the Jack A. Frazer Collection. Ex Lepczyk 38 (25 February 1981), lot 133.