Watch List notes:

Q. Marcius Libo. 148 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.83 g, 12h). Rome mint. Head of Roma right, wearing winged helmet, ornamented with griffin's head; the visor in three pieces and peaked; wearing triple-drop earring and pearl necklace, hair arranged in three symmetrical locks; LIBO downwards to left; X (mark of value) below chin / The Dioscuri on horseback charging right, each holding a couched spear, and wearing sagum, cuirass, and pileus, surmounted by a star; below horses, Q • (MA)RC; ROMA on tablet in exergue. Crawford 215/1; Sydenham 395; Kestner 2029-31; BMCRR Rome 700-1; Marcia 1. Good VF, darkly toned.


From the Archer M. Huntington Collection, ANS 1001.1.12616.