Bertolami Fine Art - Máchova 838, Vinohrady 18, 120 00 Prague
Presale Auction 391 – RES PVBLICA, IMPERIVM, BYZANTIVM Auction 391 (single-session sale)
Thursday 2 July 2026 hours 15:00 (UTC +01:00)
Mn. Fonteius, Denarius, Rome, 85 BC; AR (3,90 g; 19 mm; 2 h)
Laureate head of Apollo right; MN·FONTEI (MN and NT ligate) downward to left; C·F below chin, thunderbolt below neck truncation. Rv. Winged Genius (or Cupid) seated on goat, standing right; pilei of the Dioscuri above, thyrsus with fillet in exergue; all within laurel wreath. Crawford 353/1c; Babellon (Fonteia) 10; Sydenham 724a. Wonderful rainbow toning. Good extremely fine.