356, Lot: 429. Estimate $300. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

T. Didius. 113-112 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.86 g, 5h). Rome mint. Helmeted head of Roma right; Roma monogram to left, mark of value below / Two gladiators fighting, each holding shield, one attacks with flail, the other with staff or sword. Crawford 294/1; Sydenham 550; Didia 2. VF, toned, some marks under tone, mostly on the obverse.

Ex William C. Boyd Collection (Baldwin’s, 26 September 2005), lot 152, with his original ticket; purchased from W. S. Lincoln, 29 November 1901.