Sale: CNG 75, Lot: 922. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 23 May 2007.  Sold For $365. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

L. Papius Celsus. 45 BC. AR Denarius (3.91 g, 4h). Rome mint. Laureate head of Triumphus right; trophy over shoulder / She-wolf standing right, placing stick on fire; on right, eagle standing left, fanning the flames. Crawford 472/2; CRI 83; Sydenham 965; Papia 3. Good VF, gold-gray toning, hints of iridescence, faint scratch under tone, eagle flatly struck.