439, Lot: 436. Estimate $100. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

C. Piso L.f. Frugi. 61 BC. AR Denarius (17.5mm, 3.68 g, 6h). Rome mint. Head of Apollo right, hair bound with taenia; chisel(?) behind / Horseman galloping right, holding palm frond and reins; S below. Crawford 408/1b (O65/R75); Hersh, Piso 249 (O241/R2058); Sydenham 851a; Calpurnia 24. VF, toned, reverse die break.

The symbol on the obverse, a pyramidal object surmounted by a globe, is called a chisel by Hersh, whereas Crawford declines to identify it in his work.