123, Lot: 134. Estimate $75. Sold for $93. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

[Roman Republican] C. Hosidius C.f. Geta. 64 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.34 g). Diademed and draped bust of Diana right, bow and quiver on shoulder; c/m: IMP VESP (ligate and retrograde) / Wild boar of Calydon right, pierced by spear and attacked by dog. Crawford 407/2; Sydenham 903; Hosidia 1; cf. BMCRE II, p. xvii. Fair.

The countermark on this coin was applied at Ephesus between 74 and 79 AD.