Watch List notes:

P. Cornelius Lentulus Marcellinus, 100 BC. Denarius (Silver, 18 mm, 3.84 g, 12 h), Rome. ROMA Bust of Hercules to right, seen from behind, draped with lion's skin and holding club over his shoulder; to upper left, shield. Rev. LENT•MAR•F Roma standing facing, holding spear in her right hand, crowned by male figure standing left and holding cornucopiae in his left hand; between them, E with pellet above and below; all within laurel wreath. Babelon (Cornelia) 25. Crawford 329/1a. RBW 1186 var. (differing control mark). Sydenham 604b. Very fine.


From the collection of a Swiss scholar, formed over the past thirty years.