Watch List notes:

Q. Thermus M.f. 103 BC. AR Denarius (20mm, 4.08 g, 9h). Rome mint. Head of Mars left, wearing helmet ornamented with plume and annulet / Two warriors fighting, each armed with sword in right hand and shield in left; the one on the left protects a fallen comrade; the other wears horned helmet; Q • (THE)RM (MF) in exergue. Crawford 319/1; Sydenham 592; Minucia 19; RBW 1174. Superb EF, lightly toned. Well centered and struck.


Ex Dr. Patrick H. C. Tan Collection (Triton XX, 9 January 2017), lot 509 (hammer $1900).