Moneyer issues of Imperatorial Rome. Albinus Bruti f. 48 BC. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.97 g, 1h). Rome mint. Head of young Mars, with slight beard, wearing crested helmet / Two carnyces (Gallic trumpets) in saltire; oval shield above; round shield below; ALBINVS downward to right, BRVTI • F upward to left. Crawford 450/1a; CRI 25; Sydenham 941; Postumia 11; BMCRR Rome 3962-3; Kestner 3551; RBW 1576. Deep cabinet toning, hint of weak strike at periphery of reverse. Near EF.
From the Matthew Curtis Collection. Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection, ANS 1001.1.10607 (Triton XX, 9 January 2017), lot 546.