Roman Silver & Bronze Coins
Lot 5229 Session 16 (9.30am Friday) Roman Silver & Bronze Coins
Estimate $100
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SOLD $70
MN. FONTEIUS C.F., (85 B.C.), silver denarius, Rome mint, (3.94 grams), obv. Vejovis laureate head to right, MN FONTE[I CF] behind, monogram of Roma below chin, thunderbolt below head, rev. infant winged Genius seated on goat, caps of dioscuri above, thyrsus below, all within laurel wreath, (S.271, Cr.353/1c, Syd.724a, RSC Fonteia 9). Slightly off centre on obverse, lightly toned, very fine, scarce.
Ex Charles E. Weber collection and Triton VII auction, lot 1357 (part). With detailed collector’s tickets. In the temple of Vejovis in Rome there was a statue of a goat bearing a winged genius. This coin recalls that mounted child.
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