Triton XVII, Lot: 525. Estimate $500. Sold for $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

L. Sulla. 84-83 BC. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.97 g, 12h). Military mint moving with Sulla. Diademed head of Venus right, wearing single-drop earring and pearl necklace; to right, Cupid standing left, holding palm frond in right hand; L • SVLLΛ below / Capis and lituus between two trophies; IMPER above, ITERV below. Crawford 359/2; Sydenham 761a; Kestner 3141; BMCRR East 4; Cornelia 30. EF, darkly toned, traces of deposits on reverse. Well centered.

From the Archer M. Huntington Collection, ANS 1001.1.22493.