ROMAN REPUBLICAN COINS
Albinus Bruti f, 48 BC. Denarius (Silver, 17 mm, 3.87 g, 6 h), Rome. A POSTVMIVS COS Bare head of the consul Aulus Postumius Albinus right. Rev. ALBINV BRVTI F in two lines within a wreath of grain ears. Babelon (Postumia) 14. Crawford 450/3b. CRI 27. Sydenham 943a. A remarkably attractive, beautifully toned example. Reverse struck slightly off center, otherwise, about extremely fine.
From the Quintessenz Collection, Rauch 99, 8 December 2015, 82, the collection of A. Lynn, Helios 4, 14 October 2009, 146 and from the collection of Eton College, Sotheby's December 1976, 344, originally acquired in 1873.