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Lot
# 367 - Auction is closed.Estimate: US$100
/ Price Realized: US$245
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Q. Lutatius Cerco. Denarius
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Q. Lutatius Cerco. Denarius, 3.93gg. (1h). Rome, 109 or 108 BC. Obv: Helmeted head of Mars or Roma right, on helmet a feather between two stars, [ROMA] above, CERCO before, X (value mark) behind. Rx: Galley right with oars; beneath the apluster is seen the head of the pilot, while the stem of the prow terminates in a helmeted human head; above, Q. LVTATI (VT ligate) / Q; all within oak wreath with acorns. Crawford 305/1. Sydenham 559. RSC Lutatia 2. Toned EF.
"The reverse type records the great victory of the consul C. Lutetius Catalus over the Carthaginian fleet under Hanno off the island of Aegusa in B.C. 241" (BMC II, p. 298).
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