Watch List notes:

Moneyer issues of Imperatorial Rome. C. Vibius Varus. 42 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.84 g, 1h). Rome mint. Laureate and bearded head of Hercules right / Minerva, helmeted and draped, standing right, holding spear in right hand and holding Victory in extended left; shield set on ground to right; C • VIBIVS downwards to right, VARVS downwards to left. Crawford 494/37; CRI 193; Sydenham 1139; Kestner 3746-7; BMCRR Rome 4301-2; Vibia 23; CNR 65. Near EF, attractively toned, minor area of flat strike.


From the Archer M. Huntington Collection, ANS 1001.1.24850.