Ancients
L. Cornelius Sulla Felix, as Imperator (84-83 BC). AR denarius (19mm, 4.14 gm, 12h). NGC XF★ 5/5 - 5/5. Mint moving with Sulla in Greece, 84-83 BC. L • SVLLA, diademed head of Venus right; Cupid standing left before, long palm-branch in right hand / IMPER / ITERVM, praefericulum and lituus turned inward between two trophies. Crawford 359/2. RSC Cornelia 30. Sydenham 761. Beautiful deep gray toning with flashes of red and blue.
Ex Thomas Bentley Cederlind Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Auction 102, 18 May 2016), lot 784; Gorny & Mosch Auction 220 (11 March 2014), lot 1531.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 800-1200 USD