Lot 4425

Description

C. Sulpicius C.f. Galba, (106 B.C.), silver denarius, Rome Mint, (3.87 g), obv. laureate heads of the Dei Penates, cojoined to the left D.P.P. before, border of dots, rev. two soldiers swearing oath over sow, letter R above, C. SV LP(ligated) ICI. C. F, in exergue, border of dots, serrated edge, (S.189, C.312/1, BMC 1323, RSC Sulpicia 1 [p.90]). Toned, extremely fine, scarce.

Ex Dr V.J.A. Flynn Collection and previously from Noble Numismatics Sale 107 (lot 3570) and also coming from an old Hungarian collection.
The moneyer is doubtless a son of C. Sulpicius Galba a moneyer about 120 B.C. and exiled in 109 B.C., and a brother of Ser. Sulpicius C.f.Galba on the consilium of Pompeius Strabo at Asculum. The coin alludes to Lavinium, the birthplace of this gens, where Aeneas is said to have brought the Penates from Troy.