MOST EYE APPEALING ROMAN REPUBLIC C Lic LF Macer 84 BC AR DENARIUS TONED NGC AU
THIS IS THE MOST EYE APPEALING 84BC MACER PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG APOLLO ON A PIECE OF 2100 YEAR OLD SILVER WE HAVE YET TO SEE! (and we see gobs & gobs of Roman Republic ancients) "1 gobs" = inumerable.. PRESENTING AN AMAZINGLY EYE APPEALING SPECIMEN OF THE 1ST CENTURY ROMAN REPUBLICAN SILVER AR DENARIUS, MONEYER C.
LICINIUS MACER, ROME MINT, 84 BC CR. GORGEOUS ANCIENT CHROMATIC GOLDS, DREAMY ROMAN SKY BLUES, & SPLENDID SHADES OF COUNTRY SIDE YELLOWS & ORANGES, ALL MIXED WITH LOVELY COIN SILVER GRAYS! DISPLAYING BEAUTIFUL PULL-AWAY TONING BETWEEN THE DEVICES & UPPER OBVERSE RIM! OBVERSE: BUST OF APOLLO SEEN FROM BEHIND, WITH HEAD TURNED LEFT & WITH THUNDERBOLT IN RIGHT HAND. REVERSE: MINERVA IN QUADRIGA (CHARIOT W/FOUR HORSES) HEADED RIGHT, HOLDING REINS & SHEILD IN LEFT HAND & JAVELIN IN RIGHT. INSCRIPTION; "C LICINIVS LF MACER". GAIUS LICINIUS MACER WAS AN OFFICIAL & ANALYST OF ANCIENT ROME. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE ANCIENT PLEBEIAN GENS LICINIA, HE WAS TRIBUNE IN 73BC; SALLUST MENTIONS HIM AGITATING FOR THE PEOPLES RIGHTS. HE ALSO BECAME PRAETOR IN 66BC. A very serious search over time is most likely not going to lead to a like beauty such as this. This is one of those opportunities that once gone, may be gone for a generation or two- just saying. THE APOLLO & MINERVA MYTH LIVES ON- IN THIS BEAUTIFULLY PRESERVED ANCIENT ROMAN NUMISMATIC PIECE OF ART! The item "MOST EYE APPEALING ROMAN REPUBLIC C Lic LF Macer 84 BC AR DENARIUS TONED NGC AU" is in sale since Monday, October 3, 2016.This item is in the category "Coins & Paper Money\Coins\ Ancient\Roman\ Republic (300 BC-27 BC)". The seller is "optimuscmt" and is located in Ceres, California. This item can be shipped to United States, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, Sweden, South Korea, Indonesia, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Bahamas, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore, Norway, Saudi arabia, United arab emirates, Bahrain, Croatia, Malaysia, Chile, Costa rica, Panama, Trinidad and tobago, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Bangladesh, Brunei darussalam, Bolivia, Ecuador, Egypt, French guiana, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Macao, Martinique, Nicaragua, Peru, Pakistan, Paraguay, Viet nam, Uruguay, Canada, South africa, Colombia, Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman islands, Sri lanka, Maldives, Oman, Reunion, Philippines.
- Country/Region of Manufacture: Italy
- Certification Number: NGC AU CERT#3986422-004
- Certification: NGC CERTIFIED "AU"
- Date: C. 84 BC
- Grade: NGC "AU"
- Composition: SILVER (AR)
- Provenance: EX: GOODRICHCC COLLECTION