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Auction: 8006 - The Strathtay Collection of Historical Medals. The Prof Colin Rochester Collection of Engish Medieval Groats.
Lot: 964

Republic, AR Denarius, Numerius Fabius Pictor, (c.126 BC), Roma head right, star behind, c below chin, rev. Q. Fabius Pictor seated left, shield behind inscribed qvi/rin n fabi pictor (Cr.268/1b; Syd. 517a), very fine; Estimate £ 100-120 provenance Harwood, Glendining, 8 October 1975, lot 65 (part) Q. Fabius Pictor was appointed Praetor of Sardinia in 187 BC, but as he held the position of Flamen Quirinalis he was not allowed to take up his post.

Estimate
£100 to £120