a silver coin with an image of a man on it
MDC Monnaies de Collection

Estimate €300
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ROMAN REPUBLIC Cn. Neri, urban quaestor, with L. Cornelius Lentullus and C. Claudius Marcellus. ND denarius (49 BC), Rome? Obverse: NERI. Q. VRB. Head of Saturn facing right, with a scythe or harpoon behind his shoulder. Rev. L. LENT / C. MARC. Legionary eagle flanked by CO – S, between two maniples of hastati (with H and P), all set within a smooth, radiating grènetis on the outer edge. RRC.441/1; Silver – 3.96 g – 16.5 mm – 3 h From the Künker 262 auction, 13 March 2015, lot no. 7707. The strike is off-centre on the reverse and powerful, with the blank barely split at 6 o’clock. Slight scratches on the obverse. Very attractive collector’s patina. Superb. For further information on the mint, see Woytek, B., *Arma et Nummi*, Vienna 2003, p. 97 ff. This coin was struck in a military context following Caesar’s crossing of the Rubicon, and in the name of the two consuls mentioned on the reverse: L. Cornelius Lentulus and C. Claudius Marcellus
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Auction time 10/13/2026 at 1:00 PM
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