Triton XXI, Lot: 640. Estimate $500. Sold for $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

C. Memmius C.f. 56 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.90 g, 7h). Rome mint. Laureate head of Quirinus right; QVIRINV[S] downward to left, C • MEMMI • C • F downward to right / Ceres seated right, holding torch in left hand and three stalks of grain in right; to right, serpent erect; MEMMIVS • AED • CERIALIA • PREIMVS • FECIT around. Crawford 427/2; Sydenham 921; Memmia 9; RBW 1532. Near EF, deeply toned and well struck.

From the Dr. Alan Smith Collection.