Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVIIAuction date: 9 January 2024
Lot number: 578

Price realized: 1,400 USD   (Approx. 1,282 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
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Lot description:


L. Sempronius Pitio. 148 BC. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.92 g, 3h). Rome mint. Head of Roma right, wearing winged helmet, ornamented with griffin's head, the visor in three pieces, single-pendant earring, and pearl necklace; X (mark of value) below chin, PITIO to left / The Dioscuri, each holding couched spear, and wearing chlamys, cuirass, and a pileus surmounted by star, on horseback riding right; L • SE(MP) below horses, ROMA in relief in linear frame in exergue. Crawford 216/1; Sydenham 402; Sempronia 2; BMCRR Rome 717; Kestner 2045–7; RBW 926. Deep iridescent cabinet tone. Superb EF.

Ex Andrew McCabe Collection (Roma E-Sale 86, 8 July 2021), lot 778; Manhattan Sale III (3 January 2012), lot 2012; Gorny & Mosch 190 (11 October 2010), lot 420.


Estimate: 750 USD