Lot 2308

Description

Man. Aemilius Lepidus, (114-113 B.C.), silver denarius, Rome mint, (3.72 grams), obv. Roma laureate and diademed head to right, ROMA before, * behind, rev. equestrian statue on triumphal arch, LEP between arches, MN. AEMILIO around, (S.228 [£85], Cr.291/1, Syd.554); another plated (3.23 grams); P. Nerva, (113-112 B.C.), plated silver denarius, (3.05 grams), obv. Roma helmeted bust to left, * before. crescent above, ROMA behind, rev. P. NERVA above, three citizens voting in the comitium, (S.229 [£140], Cr.292/1, Syd.548). Plated examples hardly discernable, fine - good very fine, last coin rare. (3)

Ex Glendining's London, October 5, 1987 (lot 214 part) for the first coin, and for the last coin June 1, 1989 (lot 100).