Roman Silver & Bronze Coins
Lot 5208 Session 16 (9.30am Friday) Roman Silver & Bronze Coins
Estimate $120
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L. POMPONIUS MOLO, (c.97 B.C.), silver denarius, Rome mint, (3.64 grams), obv. Apollo laureate head to right, L.POMPON Q.F. behind, MOLO before, rev. Numa Pompilius standing to right before altar about to sacrifice a goat held by youth, NVMA POMPIL ligated in exergue, (S.214, Cr.334/1, Syd.607). Nearly very fine and rare.
Ex Noble Numismatics, sale 62, (lot 2342) and previously from Christie’s London, October 13, 1992 (lot 631 part). The moneyer here makes an ambitious claim to descent from Pompo, one of the sons of Numa Pompilius who is shown sacrificing to Apollo.
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