★ Ex Leo Benz Collection ★

L. Cornelius Sulla AR Denarius. Uncertain mint, 81 BC. Diademed head of Venus right, E behind / EX - SC, Cornucopiae, all within wreath. Crawford 376/1; Sydenham 763; RSC Cornelia 44; FFC 663 (this coin). 3.65g, 19mm, 4h.

Good Extremely Fine; lustrous metal. Rare, and in excellent condition for the type, struck on an uncommonly broad planchet.

This coin published in Fernández, Fernández & Calicó, Catálogo Monográfico de los Denarios de la República Romana (2002);
Ex Alba Longa Collection;
Ex Leo Benz Collection, Numismatik Lanz München, Auction 94, 23 November 1998, lot 310.