Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 843. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

P. Cornelius Lentulus Marcellinus. 100 BC. AR Denarius (3.86 gm, 1h). Rome mint. Bust of Hercules right, seen from behind, wearing lion's skin, club over left shoulder; before, D with dots above and below; shield behind, ROMA below / LENT. MAR. F in exergue, Roma standing facing, wearing helmet with triple crest; male figure to right crowning her with right hand, holding cornucopiae in left; at right, D with dots above and below. Crawford 329/1b; Sydenham 604a; Kestner 2629 var. (control mark); BMCRR Rome 1713 var. (same); Cornelia 25a. Good VF, an area of obverse roughness exhibits darker toning. ($200)

From the Claude Collection.