Triton XVII, Lot: 500. Estimate $200. Sold for $350. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Q. Marcius Libo. 148 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.83 g, 12h). Rome mint. Head of Roma right, wearing winged helmet, ornamented with griffin’s head; the visor in three pieces and peaked; wearing triple-drop earring and pearl necklace, hair arranged in three symmetrical locks; LIBO downwards to left; X (mark of value) below chin / The Dioscuri on horseback charging right, each holding a couched spear, and wearing sagum, cuirass, and pileus, surmounted by a star; below horses, Q • (MA)RC; ROMA on tablet in exergue. Crawford 215/1; Sydenham 395; Kestner 2029-31; BMCRR Rome 700-1; Marcia 1. Good VF, darkly toned.

From the Archer M. Huntington Collection, ANS 1001.1.12616.