Exceptional Torquatus Denarius

Sale: Triton X, Lot: 529. Estimate $4000.  Closing Date: Monday, 8 January 2007.  Sold For $4750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

L. Torquatus. 58 BC. AR Denarius (3.96 g, 6h). Rome mint. SIBVLLA, head of Sibyl right / L. TORQVAT III. VIR, tripod surmounted by an amphora between two stars; all within torque. Crawford 411/1b var. (border of dots); Sydenham 836 var. (SIBYLLA); Kestner 3391-3393; BMCRR Rome 3514 (same); Manlia 12a. EF, toned, underlying luster. Sharply struck in high relief.

Ex Leu 77 (11 May 2000), lot 484.