C PISO FRUGI SILVER DENARIUS – APOLLO & HORSEMAN ISSUE WITH CRESCENT SYMBOL – AU NGC GRADED ROMAN REPUBLICAN COIN (Inv. 17442)

$1,750.00

17442. ROMAN REPUBLIC. C. PISO FRUGI, 67 or 61 BC.
Silver denarius, 3.87 g, 18 mm. Issue of Rome.
Obv. Head of Apollo left, crescent in right field. Rev. C PISO L F FRVGI, horseman galloping right, holding palm and reins, N (retrograde) in exergue.
Crawford, 408/1b; Sydenham, 842c; C. Hersh, “A Study of the Coinage of the Moneyer C. Calpurnius Piso L. F. Frugi,” NC 1976, 453 (O807/R2016).
NGC graded AU, Strike 5/5, Surface 3/5, lustrous and from high relief dies, the crescent is a rare symbol in Frugi’s extensive series of denarii.