Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 950. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Lollianus Palicanus. 45 BC. AR Denarius (3.74 gm, 3h). Rome mint. LIBERTATIS behind, diademed head of Libertas right, wearing earring and pearl necklace, a lock of hair falling down her neck / PALIKANVS above, view of the Rostra in the Forum, surmounted by a sella. Crawford 473/1; CRI 86; Sydenham 960; Kestner 3655; BMCRR Rome 4011; Lollia 2. EF, wonderful gray cabinet toning, hairline flan crack. ($750)

From the Claude Collection.