Lot 5216

Description

L. Scipio Asiagenus, (c.106 B.C.), silver denarius, (3.81 grams), obv. Jupiter laureate head to left, dotted border, A. to left, rev. Jupiter in quadriga to right, L.SCIP. ASIAG in exergue, (S.188 [ú45 VF], Cr.311/1b, Syd.576a, RSC Cornelia 24c); Lucius Appuleius Saturninus, (c.104 B.C.), silver denarius, Rome mint, (2.88 grams), obv. Roma helmeted head to left, rev. Saturn in quadriga to right, L.SATURN in exergue, **L* above, (S.193, Cr.317/3a, Syd.578, RSC.Appuleia 1 var.). First coin with serrated edge, fine - good fine. (2)

Ex Raoul Phillips Collection and Romanorvm for the first coin bought June 13, 2001 and previously from Riggs Auction in Cincinnati November 1958 (lot 51). The second coin from Colonial Coins, May 3, 2005.