Roman Republican Silver Coins
Lot 4622 SESSION 14 (Friday 11.30am) Roman Republican Silver Coins
Estimate $100
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SOLD $110
M. JUNIUS SILANUS, (145 B.C.), silver denarius, Rome mint, (3.620 grams), obv. Roma helmeted head right, ass's head behind, X before, rev. Dioscuri to right, M.IVNI below. ROMA in exergue, (S.96, Cr.220/1, Syd.408, RSC Junia 8); M. Lucilius Rufus, (c.101 B.C.), silver denarius, Rome mint, (3.726 grams), obv. Roma helmeted head right, PV behind, all within laurel wreath, rev. Victory in biga to right, RVF above, M.LVCILI in exergue, (S.302, Cr.324/1, Syd.599, RSC Lucilia 1). Last slightly bent, otherwise fine - very fine. (2)
The last coin is part of a large number of Victory issues which are at this time linked to the military activities of Marius who defeated the Teutones and Ambrones at Aquae Sextiae in 102 and the Cimbri at Vercellae in 101.
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