FAUSTUS CORNELIUS SULLA SILVER DENARIUS – SUBMISSION OF JUGURTHA TRIUMPHAL ISSUE – XF NGC GRADED ROMAN REPUBLICAN COIN (Inv. 18652)

$850.00

18652. ROMAN REPUBLIC. FAUSTUS CORNELIUS SULLA, ca. 56 BC.
Silver denarius, 4.08 g, 19 mm. Issue of Rome.
Obv. FAVSTVS, draped and diademed bust of Diana right, a crescent above forehead, lituus behind. Rev. FELIX, Sulla enthroned left receiving homage from King Bocchus of Mauretania kneeling right, offering an olive branch; at right, King Jugurtha of Numidia kneeling left, with hands bound.
Crawford, 426/1; Sydenham, 879.
NGC graded XF, Strike 4/5, Surface 5/5. An important historical coin celebrating the end of the Jugurthine War in North Africa.