Stack's Bowers & Ponterio
August 2020 Auction - Online Sessions 10-11 Aug 2020
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ROMAN REPUBLIC. C. Caecilius Metellus Caprarius. Fourree Denarius, imitating Rome Mint, 125 B.C. CHOICE VERY FINE.
cf. Cr-269/1 (for prototype); cf. Syd-485 (same). Obverse: Helmeted head of Roma right; mark of value to lower right; Reverse: Jupiter, holding reins and thunderbolt, driving biga of elephants left; above, Victory flying right, holding wreath. Pleasantly toned and fairly well executed for a contemporary counterfeit, though a good portion of the edge has started to become fairly unstable and has peeled away. SOLD AS IS/NO RETURNS.
Estimate: $60.00- $100.00
cf. Cr-269/1 (for prototype); cf. Syd-485 (same). Obverse: Helmeted head of Roma right; mark of value to lower right; Reverse: Jupiter, holding reins and thunderbolt, driving biga of elephants left; above, Victory flying right, holding wreath. Pleasantly toned and fairly well executed for a contemporary counterfeit, though a good portion of the edge has started to become fairly unstable and has peeled away. SOLD AS IS/NO RETURNS.
Estimate: $60.00- $100.00