CNG 109, Lot: 542. Estimate $500. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

L. Antestius Gragulus. 136 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.94 g, 9h). Rome mint. Helmeted head of Roma right; mark of value below chin / Jupiter, holding thunderbolt and scepter, in quadriga driven right by Victory. Crawford 238/1; Sydenham 451; Antestia 9; RBW 980. Superb EF, lustrous.