Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 936. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $360. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

L. Hostilius Saserna. 48 BC. AR Denarius (3.79 gm, 2h). 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 and trophy over left shoulder. Crawford 448/1a; CRI 17; Sydenham 951; Kestner 3536; BMCRR Rome 3989; Hostilia 5. EF, gray and iridescent toning, S graffito in reverse field. ($300)

From the Claude Collection.