Details
LOT 3546
C. Fonteius AR Denarius. 114-113 BC. Rome mint.
Laureate, janiform heads of the Dioscuri; O to left and mark of value to right, five pellets below / Galley to left with three rowers, gubernator at stern; C•FONT (NT ligate) above, ROMA below. Crawford 290/1; BMCRR Italy 608; RSC Fonteia 1. Very Fine. Old cabinet tone over lustrous metal. Edge chipped.(3.87gr, 19mm, 4h.).
Provenance
Ex cgb.fr, Mail Bid Sale 59, 19 June 2013, lot 256 (company's ticket included).
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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