Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 1338. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

[Roman Imperatorial Issues] L. Papius Celsus. 45 BC. AR Denarius (4.15 g, 3h). Rome mint. Head of Juno Sospita right, wearing goat's skin headdress / L. PAPIVS in exergue, CELSVS III V[IR] above, she-wolf standing right, dropping stick on incipient fire while eagle, standing left, fans flames with wings. Crawford 472/1; CRI 82; Sydenham 964; Kestner 3649-3650; BMCRR Rome 4018-4022; Papia 2. Good VF, dark gray and iridescent toning, struck slightly off center. ($300)