128, Lot: 166. Estimate $75. Sold for $185. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Ti. Minucius C.f. Augurinus. 134 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.87 g, 12h). Helmeted head of Roma right / Two togate figures, the one on left holding a simpulum, the one on the right a lituus, standing on either side of Ionic column surmounted by a small statue; grain ears on either side of the column. Crawford 243/1; Sydenham 494; Minucia 9. Nice VF, toned, some irridescance. 

From the Harry Strickhausen Collection.