Watch List notes:

Moneyer issues of Imperatorial Rome. C. Vibius Varus. 42 BC. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.86 g, 1h). Rome mint. Laureate and bearded head of Hercules right / Minerva, helmeted and draped, standing right, holding spear with right hand and Victory in extended left; shield at side; C • VIBIVS downward to right, VARVS downward to left. Crawford 494/37; CRI 193; Sydenham 1139; Vibia 23; RBW 1740. Deep cabinet toning. Choice EF. Excellent metal and eye appeal for the issue. Among the finest known.

Ex Triton XXI (9 January 2018), lot 658; Numismatica Ars Classica 70 (16 May 2013), lot 174; Numismatica Ars Classica 9 (16 April 1996) lot 754; Sternberg XXIV (19 November 1990), lot 223.