Freeman & Sear - Mail Bid Sale 12. Lot: 289

ROMAN REPUBLIC: L. Atilius Nomentanus. Ca. 141 BC. AR 
denarius (3.75 gm).

Head of Roma right, wearing winged helmet with griffin 
crest, mark of value XVI behind / Victory in biga right, 
L. ATILI (AT in monogram) below, NOM in exergue. Cr. 
225/1. Syd. 444. RSC Atilia 16. RCTV 101. Extremely 
rare. Very fine/about very fine 

This is the first Roman Republican issue on which the 
name ROMA does not appear. The use of the moneyer's 
name instead of ROMA is, in Crawford's words, "astonishing" 
and "unexplained." 

Sold for $990 [ approx 811.8 EUR, 554.4 GBP ]. 

From the Freeman & Sear Mail Bid Sale 12, October 28, 2005.

Re-used by permission of Freeman & Sear, www.freemanandsear.com