Sale: CNG 67, Lot: 1215. Estimate $300. Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 September 2004. Sold For $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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L. Papius Celsus. 45 BC. AR Denarius (3.61 gm). Head of Juno Sospita right, wearing goat's skin headdress / She-wolf standing right, dropping stick on incipient fire while eagle, standing left, fans flames with wings. Crawford 472/1; CRI 82; Sydenham 964; Papia 2. Good VF, reverse a little soft at edge. ($300)
From the Garth R. Drewry Collection. Ex George N. Polis, M.D. Collection (Bowers and Merena 114, 10-11 June 1991), lot 129; Classical Numismatic Auctions IX (7 December 1989), lot 353.