Details
LOT 3566
A. Postumius A. f. Sp. n. Albinus AR Serrate Denarius. 81 BC. Rome mint.
Draped bust of Diana to right; bow and quiver over shoulder, bucranium above / Lighted altar on rock, bull to left, togate figure to right holding aspergillum over bull; A•POST A•F S•N ALBIN (partially ligate) around. Crawford 372/1; BMCRR Rome 2836; RSC Postumia 7. Good Very Fine. Lightly cleaned.(4.13gr, 19mm, 6h.).
Provenance
Ex Noonans (formerly Dix Noonan Webb), Auction - Sale 122, 2 April 2014, lot 18.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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