Roman Silver & Bronze Coins
Lot 5163 Session 16 (9.30am Friday) Roman Silver & Bronze Coins
Estimate $120
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SOLD $170
Q. ANTONIUS BALBUS, (c.83-2 B.C.), silver denarius, Rome mint, (3.73 grams), obv. Jupiter laureate head to right, S C behind, rev. Victory in quadriga to right, Q ANTO BALB/PR in exergue, R under horses, (S.279, Cr.364/1d, Syd.742b, RSC Antonina 1). Some pitting, othwerwise nearly very fine.
This moneyer was appointed praetor in Sardinia in 82 B.C., but his Marian party associations made him a target for Sulla's legate L. Phillipus who drove him from the position and had him killed.
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