97, Lot: 122. Estimate $750. Sold for $472. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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L. Aemilius Buca. 44 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.60 gm). Rome mint. Diademed head of Venus right / "Sulla's Dream" - Sulla reclining right on rock; Selene descending left from mountain; Victory standing facing between, holding palm and branch. Crawford 480/1; Sydenham 1064; Aemilia 12. VF, porous, particularly on the reverse. Very rare.
From the Garth R. Drewry Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 45 (18 March 1998), lot 1753.