Roma Numismatics Ltd
Auction XXI 24-25 Mar 2021
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Augustus AR Denarius. Rome, 16 BC. L. Mescinius Rufus, moneyer. CAESAR AVGVSTVS TR POT, laureate head to right / L MESCINIVS RVFVS III VIR, Mars, nude but for helmet and cloak draped over left arm, holding spear and parazonium, standing to left on pedestal inscribed S P Q R V PR RE CAES. RIC -, cf. 352 (without III VIR); BMCRE -, cf. 86 note; RSC 463d; FFC 293 (this coin). 3.76g, 19mm, 10h.
Extremely Fine; beautiful old cabinet tone. Extremely Rare; not to be confused with the more common anepigraphic obverse type, this is one of only three examples offered at auction in the past 20 years, the other two being in exceedingly poor condition, and it is likely the finest surviving specimen.
This coin published in Fernández, Fernández & Calicó, Catálogo Monográfico de los Denarios de la República Romana (2002);
Ex Alba Longa Collection;
Ex Gilbert Steinberg Collection, Numismatica Ars Classica AG - Spink Taisei, 16 November 1994, lot 161.
Extremely Fine; beautiful old cabinet tone. Extremely Rare; not to be confused with the more common anepigraphic obverse type, this is one of only three examples offered at auction in the past 20 years, the other two being in exceedingly poor condition, and it is likely the finest surviving specimen.
This coin published in Fernández, Fernández & Calicó, Catálogo Monográfico de los Denarios de la República Romana (2002);
Ex Alba Longa Collection;
Ex Gilbert Steinberg Collection, Numismatica Ars Classica AG - Spink Taisei, 16 November 1994, lot 161.