169, Lot: 177. Estimate $100. Sold for $100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

C. Piso L.f. Frugi. 61 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.94 g). Head of Apollo right wearing taenia; sickle behind / Man riding galloping horse right, holding palm-branch; knife above. Crawford 408/1a; Hersh, Piso 372 (O286/R2109); Calpurnia 24. VF, some encrustation.

Although the reverse symbol is described as a trident by Hersh, it looks like a long-handled knife with a curved blade.