Sale: Triton X, Lot: 524. Estimate $500. Closing Date: Monday, 8 January 2007. Sold For $625. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Q. Fufius Calenus and Mucius Cordus. 68 BC. AR Serrate Denarius (3.93 g, 6h). Rome mint. KALENI, jugate heads right of Honos, laureate, and Virtus, wearing crested helmet; HO to left, VIRT to right / [C]ORDI, Italia standing right, holding cornucopia in left hand, extending right to Roma, who stands left, holding transverse scepter, right foot on globe, extending right hand to Italia; ITAL below winged caduceus to left, RO to right. Crawford 403/1 var. (Roma holds
fasces); Sydenham 797 var. (Roma holds spear); Kestner 3299-3300; BMCRR Rome 3358-3363 var. (same); Fufia 1. EF, deep iridescent gray cabinet toning, shallow scratches under tone on reverse.