412, Lot: 416. Estimate $500. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

C. Memmius C.f. 56 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.96 g, 6h). Rome mint. Head of Ceres right, wearing wreath of grain ears / Naked captive, his hands tied behind, kneeling right, at foot of trophy of arms with a Greek shield. Crawford 427/1; Sydenham 920; Memmia 10. EF, attractively toned, small obverse die break before chin.

Ex Gemini II (11 January 2006), lot 258.