Lot 5209

Description

Cn. Carbo, (c.121 B.C.), silver denarius, Rome mint, (3.50 grams), obv. Roma helmeted head right, X behind, rev. Jupiter in quadriga to right, CARB below. ROMA in exergue, (S.154, Cr.279/1, Syd.415, RSC Papira 7); L. Philippus, (c.113-112 B.C.), silver denarius, Rome mint, (3.64 grams), obv. Head of Philip V of Macedon to right, wearing royal Macedonian helmet, **F* under chin, ROMA monogram above, rev. equestrian statue to right, flower below horse, base inscribed, L.PHILIPPVS, * in exergue, (S.170, Cr.293/1, Syd.551, RSC Marcia 12). Both fine, first with filed edge around the coin to make round. (2)

Ex Raoul Phillips Collection, second from Romanorvm, March 6, 2008.