Watch List notes:

Moneyer issues of Imperatorial Rome. L. Livineius Regulus. 42 BC. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.35 g, 3h). Rome mint. Bare head right / Gladiatorial scene: in foreground, lion charging right toward a combatant who spears it; in background on left, a wounded bear sits right; on right, another gladiator, holding sword and shield, defends himself against a tiger charging left; [L •] REGVLVS in exergue. Crawford 494/30; CRI 179; Sydenham 1112; Kestner 3736-7; BMCRR Rome 4271-2; Livineia 12; CNR 8. Good VF, toned, area of double strike on obverse, reverse struck slightly off center. Rare.


From the Archer M. Huntington Collection, ANS 1001.1.24883.