273, Lot: 373. Estimate $200. Sold for $360. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Q. Creperius M.f. Rocus. 69 BC. AR Serrate Denarius (19mm, 3.56 g, 7h). Rome mint. Draped bust of Amphitrite right; dolphin behind, A before / Neptune, holding reins and brandishing trident, driving sea-chariot drawn by two hippocamps right. Crawford 399/1a; Sydenham 796; Crepereia 1. VF, toned, banker’s mark (“R”) on obverse, light roughness. Scarce type.

The strong nautical types of Creperius hint at a connection with overseas trade, or perhaps with Bruttium, the other location of prominent representations of Amphitrite.