379, Lot: 345. Estimate $100. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Moneyer issues of Imperatorial Rome. L. Livineius Regulus. 42 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.57 g, 12h). Rome mint. Bare head right / Gladiatorial scene: in foreground, lion charging right toward a combatant who spears it; in background on left, a wounded bear sits right; on right, another gladiator, holding sword and shield, defends himself against a tiger charging left. Crawford 494/30; CRI 179; Sydenham 1112; Livineia 12. Good Fine, toned, rough and porous.

Ex Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Collection (Gemini I, 11 January 2005), lot 643 (part of).