Watch List notes:

Man. Acilius Balbus. 125 BC. AR Denarius (17.5mm, 3.95 g, 3h). Rome mint. Helmeted head of Roma right; mark of value below chin; all within laurel wreath / Jupiter, holding thunderbolt and spear, standing in quadriga driven right by Victory, holding reins and whip; round Macedonian shield below. Crawford 271/1; Sydenham 498; Acilia 1. EF, handsome cabinet tone. Wonderful strike on great silver.


From the Collection of a Director. Ex Kunst und Münzen 15 (8 December 1975), lot 308.