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Auction: 8006 - The Strathtay Collection of Historical Medals. The Prof Colin Rochester Collection of Engish Medieval Groats.
Lot: 966

Republic, AR Denarii (3), Mn. Aquillius (c.109-108 BC), radiate head of Sol right, x below chin, rev. Luna in biga right, crescent moon and stars above, mn aqvil below, roma in ex. (Cr. 303/1; Syd. 557), nearly very fine; serrate AR Denarius of C. Sulpicius Galba (c.106 BC), conjoined laureate heads of the Dei Penates left, d.p.p below, rev. two soldiers swearing oath over a sow, o above, c.svlpici in ex.(Cr.312/1; Syd.572), about very fine; another, the same, rev. i above, good fine (3) Estimate £ 100-120 provenance The first, Glendining, 30 April 1980, lot 159 The Sulpicia gens traced its origin to Lanuvium to where Aeneas was said to have brought the Penates from Troy.

Estimate
£100 to £120