Pre-Asta Auction 391 – RES PVBLICA, IMPERIVM, BYZANTIVM Auction 391 (single-session sale)
giovedì 2 luglio 2026 ore 15:00 (UTC +01:00)
L. Calpurnius Piso Frugi, Denarius, Rome, 90 BC; AR (3,75 g; 18 mm; 3 h)
Laureate head of Apollo to right; lizard below chin. Rv. Nude horseman galloping right, holding reins in his right hand and palm frond over his left shoulder; below, L·PISO·FRVGI / LXXXVII. Crawford 340/1.ì; Babelon (Calpurnia) 11; Sydenham 663. Lovely iridescent tone. Light porosity, otherwise good extremely fine / extremely fine.
