★ A lightly toned denarius of C. Marius C.f. Capito ★

C. Marius C.f. Capito, 81 BC. Denarius (Silver, 19 mm, 3.94 g, 9 h), Rome. C•MARI•C•F CAPIT•XVIIII Draped bust of Ceres to right. Rev. Ploughman with a yoke of oxen to left.; above, XIIII. Babelon (Maria) 8. Crawford 378/1b. RBW 1403 ff. var. (differing control marks). Sydenham 744a. Lightly toned. Minor flan fault on the obverse, otherwise, nearly extremely fine.

From the collection of a Swiss scholar, formed over the past thirty years.