Lot 4682

Description

A. Postumius A.F.SP.N. Albinus, (c.81 B.C.), silver denarius, Rome mint, (3.82 g), obv. Diana bust draped to right, bow and quiver on shoulder, bucranium above, rev. togate figure on rock standing before a lighted altar sprinkling sacrificial ox about to be sacrificed, A. POST A.F.S.N. ALBIN around, (S.296, Cr.372/1, Syd.745, RSC Postumia 7) (illustrated); Ti. Claudius, (c.79 B.C.), silver denarius, Rome mint, (3.79 g), obv. Diana bust to right, bow and quiver on shoulder, S.C. before, rev. Victory in biga to right, CLVII below, TI CLAVD. TI.[F]/AP. N in exergue, (S.310, Cr.383/1, Syd.770, B.Claudia 5). Serrated edges, banker's mark on cheeks, good fine - nearly very fine and scarce. (2)