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                                Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 1277. Closing Date: 
                                Monday, 9 January 2006. Estimate $1500 Sold For 
                                $1100 

                              [Roman Moneyer Issues] The Social War. Coinage of 
                              the Marsic Confederation. 90-88 BC. AR Denarius 
                              (3.57 g, 1h). Bovianum(?) mint. Struck 89 BC. 
                              "Viteliu" (= Italia) in Oscan, laureate head of 
                              Italia left, wearing pearl necklace / Soldier 
                              standing facing, head right, foot on uncertain 
                              object, holding inverted spear and sword; 
                              recumbent bull to right facing. Campana 133 
                              (D92/R114); Sydenham 627. Good VF, toned, a 
                              contact mark on cheekbone, obverse die break on 
                              portrait, uneven flan thickness, reverse struck 
                              slightly off center. ($1500)

                              From the John F. Sullivan Collection.


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