443, Lot: 476. Estimate $150. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

P. Fonteius P.f. Capito. 55 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.73 g, 6h). Rome mint. Veiled head of Concordia right, wearing stephane / The Villa Publica: building consisting of two stories, each with a row of columns; the lower columns are surmounted by arches, the upper ones by a sloping roof. Crawford 429/2a; Sydenham 901; Fonteia 18 and Didia 1; Type as RBW 1537. Good VF, toned, a few light marks, two small test cuts on the reverse edge.

From the Andrew McCabe Collection, purchased from B. J. Dawson (Bolton), 1998.