Details
LOT 3283
Mn. Fonteius C. f. AR Denarius. 85 BC. Rome mint.
Laureate head of Apollo Veiovis to right; thunderbolt below, MN FONTEI (partially ligate) behind, C • F below chin / Infant winged Genius (or Cupid) seated on goat standing to right; pilei of the Dioscuri across fields, thyrsus with fillet in exergue; all within laurel wreath. Crawford 353/1d; BMCRR Rome 2481; RSC Fonteia 11. Very Fine. Toned.(3.85gr, 18mm, 8h.).
Provenance
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990.
Property of an Essex lady until the the late 1990s; thence by descent.
From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
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