Watch List notes:

Faustus Cornelius Sulla. 56 BC. AR Denarius (18.5mm, 4.06 g, 7h). Rome mint. Diademed and draped bust of Diana right, wearing cruciform earring, necklace of pendants, and her hair collected into a knot at back of head, which is decorated with jewels; lituus to left, FAVSTVS downward to right / Sulla, togate, seated left on raised seat; on left, Bocchus, king of Mauretania, kneeling right, offering an olive branch; to right, Jugurtha, king of Numidia, kneeling left, his hands tied behind him; FELIX downward to upper right. Crawford 426/1; Sydenham 879; Cornelia 59; BMCRR Rome 3824; Kestner 3455; RBW 1525. Lightly toned with a hint of iridescence. Near EF.


From the Jack A. Frazer Collection. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 21 (17 May 2001), lot 258.