Roman Silver & Bronze Coins
Lot 5018 SESSION 16 - 9.30AM FRIDAY 16 APRIL Roman Silver & Bronze Coins
Estimate $150
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $420
A. POSTUMIUS A.F.SP.N. Albinus, (c.81 B.C.), silver denarius, Rome mint, (3.98 grams), obv. Diana bust draped to right, bow and quiver on shoulder, bucranium above, rev. togate figure on rock standing before a lighted altar sprinkling sacrificial ox about to be sacrificed, A. POST A.F.S.N. ALBIN around, (S.296, Cr.372/1, Syd.745, RSC Postumia 7). Serrated edge, toned, extremely fine and very scarce.
Ex Spink & Son, Ltd., with tickets indicating aquisition from Paris (1913) and (1919).
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