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Research Coins: Feature Auction

 
Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 1323. Estimate $300. 
Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006. 
Sold For $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

[Roman Imperatorial Issues] L. Hostilius Saserna. 48 BC. AR Denarius (3.84 g, 6h). Rome mint. Diademed female head (Pietas?) right, wearing oak-wreath, cruciform earring, and pearl necklace; hair collected into a knot behind, and falling down her neck / L. HOSTILIVS to right, SASERNA to left, Victory walking right, holding winged caduceus in right hand and trophy over left shoulder. Crawford 448/1a; CRI 17; Sydenham 951; Kestner 3536; BMCRR Rome 3989; Hostilia 5. EF, medium gray and iridescent blue toning, scrape on neck, faint scratches in obverse left field and behind neck under tone, red deposits at edge, tiny edge cut at 9 o'clock. ($300)

From the Harry Strickhausen Collection.