CNG 85, Lot: 805. Estimate $500. Sold for $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

C. Piso L.f. Frugi. 61 BC. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.64 g, 6h). Rome mint. Head of Apollo right, hair bound with taenia; III and four pellets behind / Horseman galloping right, holding reins and palm frond tied with fillet; sequence mark below. Crawford 408/1b (O38/R- [unlisted rev. die]); Hersh, Piso 134 (O201/R2004); Sydenham 860a; Calpurnia 24b. Choice EF, deeply toned.