Roman Silver & Bronze
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Lot 3429 Session 12 (11.30am Thursday) Roman Silver & Bronze
Estimate $100
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $70
A. POSTUMIUS A.F.SP.N. Albinus, (c.81 B.C.), silver denarius, Rome mint, (3.608 grams), obv. Diana bust draped to right, bow and quiver on shoulder, bucranium above, rev. togate figure on rock standing before a lighted altar sprinkling an ox about to be sacrificed, [A. POST] A.F.S.N. ALBIN around, (S.296, Cr.372/1, Syd.745, B.Postumia 7); L. Thorius Balbus, (c.105 B.C.), silver denarius, Rome mint, (3.364 grams), obv. Juno of Lanuvium wearing goat skin to right, rev. bull charging to right, L.THORIVS, ROMA in exergue, (S.192, Cr.316/1, Syd. 594); Greek, Caria, Myndos, (2nd -1st century B.C.), silver hemidrachm, (1.970 grams), obv. Dionysos head right, rev. thunderbolt, legend on either side, (S.4917, BMC 9). First with serrated edge, last off centred obverse, very good - fine. (3)
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