ROMAN REPUBLICAN. Cn. Blasio Cn.f. 112-111 B.C. AR denarius. 3.81 gm. 18.5 mm. Rome mint. Helmeted head (Scipio Africanus? Blasio? or Mars?) right; wreath behind; [mark of value] above; CN BLASIO CN F / Jupiter, holding scepter and thunderbolt, standing facing between Juno and Minerva; Minerva crowning Jupiter with wreath; Y between Jupiter and Minerva; ROMA in exergue. Crawford 296/1e. Sydenham 561b. RSC Cornelia 19. Very Fine; lightly toned, with a pleasing idiosyncratic portrait (possibly of Scipio Africanus).

Ex Trausnitz Collection. Ex Jacquier FPL (June/July 1995) lot R102.