Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 833. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $253. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

L. Marcius Philippus. 113/2 BC. AR Denarius (3.77 gm, 1h). Rome mint. Head of Philip V of Macedon right, wearing diademed royal Macedonian helmet with goat horns; monogram of Roma behind, F below chin / L. PHILIPPVS on tablet below statue of equestrian, carrying laurel-branch; flower below horse; mark of value in exergue. Crawford 293/1; Sydenham 551; Kestner 2503; BMCRR Italy 532; Marcia 12. Good VF, lovely cabinet toning, small area of roughness on reverse, reverse struck slightly off-center. ($200)

From the Claude Collection.