Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 904. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Publius Calpurnius. 133 BC. AR Denarius (3.95 g, 12h). Rome mint. Helmeted head of Roma right; mark of value behind / Venus, holding reins and whip, being crowned by Victory flying left, driving galloping biga right. Crawford 247/1; Sydenham 468; Calpurnia 2. EF, handsome gray and iridescent toning. Well centered on a broad flan. Rare.

Ex Peus 386 (26 April 2006), lot 497.