Roman Silver & Bronze Coins - Republic
Lot 4447 Session 17 (11:30am Friday) Roman Silver & Bronze Coins - Republic
Estimate $120
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SOLD $140
Q. ANTONIUS BALBUS, (c.83-2 B.C.), silver denarius, Rome mint, (3.69 g), obv. Jupiter laureate head to right, S C behind, rev. Victory in quadriga to right, Q ANTO BALB/PR in exergue, D under horses, (S.279, Cr.364/1d, Syd.742b, RSC Antonina 1). Toned, good very fine.
Ex Dr. V.J.A. Flynn Collection and previously from Noble Numismatics Sale 109 (lot 3735) D.J.Foster Collection. 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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