Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 480. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009.  Sold For $380. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Ti. Claudius Ti.f. Ap.n. Nero. 79 BC. AR Serrate Denarius (4.06 g, 7h). Rome mint. Diademed and draped bust of Diana right, her hair drawn back and collected into a knot behind, bow, with stag’s head termination, and quiver over shoulder; S • C upwards before / Victory driving galloping biga right, holding reins and palm frond in left hand and wreath in right; A • XXXXVIIII below, TI • CLAVD • TI •F/AP • N in two lines in exergue. Crawford 383/1; Sydenham 770a; Kestner 3233-4 var. (control numeral); BMCRR Rome 3114-41 var. (same); Claudia 6. EF, handsome old gray and iridescent cabinet toning. Perfectly centered obverse. Stag’s head termination on Diana’s bow shows exceptional details from a fresh obverse die.