Roman Silver & Bronze
Lot 3466 Session 12 (11.30am Friday) Roman Silver & Bronze
Estimate $150
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M. NONIUS SUFENAS, (c.59 B.C.), silver denarius, Rome mint, (3.990 grams), obv. Saturn head to right, laureate, SVFENAS before, S.C. and harpa and conical stone behind, rev. Roma seated to left, being crowned by Victory standing behind her, SEX. NONI in exergue, around PR. [L. V. P. F.], (S.377, Cr.421/1, Syd.885, B.Nonia 1 [£50]). Off centred reverse, bright, otherwise, good very fine and scarce.
The praetor Sextus Nonius Sufenas, nephew of Sulla, is celebrated on the reverse as the initiator of the Victory Games in 81 B.C.
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