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Triton XVII Sessions 1 & 2  7 January 2014
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Lot 535

Estimate: 1500 USD
Price realized: 3000 USD
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L. Roscius Fabatus. 59 BC. AR Serrate Denarius (18mm, 3.97 g, 6h). Rome mint. Head of Juno Sospita right, wearing goat-skin headdress; capstan to left; L ROSCI below / Female standing right, feeding from her dress a serpent, erect, left; round shield to left; FABATI in exergue. Crawford 412/1 (symbols 187); Sydenham 915; cf. Kestner 3394-3406 (unlisted symbols); cf. BMCRR Rome 3394-3510 (same); Roscia 3. Superb EF, lustrous, iridescent toning. Exceptional strike for issue.


Ex Jacob K. Stein Collection (Gemini V, 6 January 2009), lot 238 (displayed at Cincinnati Art Museum, 1994-2008, no. 130 of exhibition of 182 coins from his collection).
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