366, Lot: 729. Estimate $500. Sold for $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

C. Hosidius C.f. Geta. 64 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.82 g, 5h). Rome mint. Draped bust of Diana right, wearing single-drop earring and hair drawn back and tied behind, bow and quiver over shoulder; GETA downwards to left, III • VIR downwards to right / Calydonian boar standing right, pierced by spear and attacked by dog; C • HOSIDI • C • F in exergue. Crawford 407/2; Sydenham 903; Hosidia 1; RBW 1456. Near EF, attractive deep cabinet tone. Well centered and struck.

From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection.