Triton XVI, Lot: 830. Estimate $5000. Sold for $7000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Moneyer issues of Imperatorial Rome. L. Valerius Acisculus. 45 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 4.03 g, 6h). Rome mint. Diademed head of Apollo Soranus right surmounted by star; acisculus behind; ACISCVLVS downwards behind; all within laurel wreath / Head of Aphrodisian Sibyl right, wearing hair elaborately decorated with jewels and partly enclosed in a sling, tied with bands; L • VALERIVS downwards before; all within laurel wreath. Crawford 474/3a; CRI 92; Sydenham 1000; Kestner -; BMCRR Rome 4109; Valeria 14. Near EF, lightly toned, traces of die rust, minor striking weakness. Very rare.

From the Goldman Roman Imperatorial Collection. Ex Artcoins Roma 1 (15 September 2010), lot 161 (hammer €7400).