L. Cornelius Sulla AR Denarius. Uncertain mint, 81 BC. Diademed head of Venus to right; D(?) 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 Richard Schaefer's Roman Republican Die Project (RRDP), binder 5, p. 224, available online at: http://numismatics.org/archives/ark:/53695/schaefer.rrdp.b05#schaefer.rrdp.b05_0308;
This coin published in Fernández, Fernández & Calicó, Catálogo Monográfico de los Denarios de la República Romana (2002);
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., Auction XX, 29 October 2020, lot 421;
Ex Alba Longa Collection;
Ex Leo Benz Collection, Numismatik Lanz München, Auction 94, 23 November 1998, lot 310;
Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Auction 50, 23 June 1999, lot 1311;
Ex Münzen & Medaillen AG Basel, Auction 52, 19 June 1975, lot 343.