Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 1277. Estimate $1500.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

[Roman Moneyer Issues] The Social War. Coinage of the Marsic Confederation. 90-88 BC. AR Denarius (3.57 g, 1h). Bovianum(?) mint. Struck 89 BC. "Viteliu" (= Italia) in Oscan, laureate head of Italia left, wearing pearl necklace / Soldier standing facing, head right, foot on uncertain object, holding inverted spear and sword; recumbent bull to right facing. Campana 133 (D92/R114); Sydenham 627. Good VF, toned, a contact mark on cheekbone, obverse die break on portrait, uneven flan thickness, reverse struck slightly off center. ($1500)

From the John F. Sullivan Collection.