Triton XX, Lot: 525. Estimate $1500. Sold for $2750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Pub. Lentulus P.f. L.n. Spinther. 71 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.85 g, 3h). Rome mint. Bearded head of Hercules right; Q • S • C downward to left / Genius of the Roman People seated facing on curule chair, right foot on globe, holding cornucopia in right hand and scepter in left, being crowned by Victory to upper right, flying left; P LE(NT) P F downward to left; [L •] N upward to right. Crawford 397/1; Sydenham 791; Cornelia 58; Kestner 3288; BMCRR Rome 3329; RBW 1438. Good VF, toned. Very rare.

From the collection of a director. Ex Eton College Collection (Sotheby’s, 1 December 1976), lot 219.