CNG 112, Lot: 540. Estimate $200. Sold for $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Moneyer issues of Imperatorial Rome. Lollius Palicanus. 45 BC. AR Denarius (19.5mm, 3.93 g, 11h). Rome mint. Laureate head of Honos right; HONORIS downward behind / Curule chair, garlanded and wreath on top, between two stalks of grain; PALIKANVS above. Crawford 473/2d; CRI 87; Sydenham 961; Lollia 1; cf. RBW 1653 (for type). Toned, old scrape and banker’s mark on obverse. Good VF.

From the Andrew McCabe Collection. Ex Student and His Mentor Collection (Part III, Numismatica Ars Classica 83, 20 May 2015), lot 440; Numismatic Fine Arts VI (27 February 1979), lot 538 (hammer $425).