Lot 5224

Description

Pub. Lentulus Marceli f. (c.100 B.C.), silver denarius, Rome mint, (3.846 grams), obv. young Hercules bust to right, wearing lion's skin, club over shoulder, B before, shield above, ROMA below, rev. Roma standing facing being crowned by Genius, B to left, LENT MA[R.F.] in exergue, all within laurel wreath, (S.208 [ú65 VF], Cr.329/1b, Syd.604a, RSC Cornelia 25a); Cn. Lentulus Clodianus, (88 B.C.), silver denarius, Rome mint, (3.886 grams), obv. Mars helmeted bust right, seen from behind, rev. Victory in biga to right, [C]N LENTVL in exergue, (S.254, Cr.345/1, Syd.702, Cornelia 50). Good fine and scarce. (2)