Watch List notes:

M. Piso M.f. Frugi. 58 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.95 g, 10h). Rome mint. Terminal bust of Mercury right; to left, star above wreath; calix below chin / Two-line legend above secespita and patera; all within laurel wreath. Crawford 418/2b; Sydenham 825; Calpurnia 23; RBW 1505. Attactively toned with traces of find patina, a few light marks. Good VF. Rare.


From the Benito Collection. Ex Goldberg 59 (1 June 2010), lot 2330; Superior Galleries (31 May 1988), lot 1679.