166, Lot: 110. Estimate $100. Sold for $435. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Cn. Gellius. 138 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.93 g). Helmeted head of Roma right within wreath / Mars driving galloping quadriga right, grasping Nerio beside him and holding shield. Crawford 232/1; Sydenham 434; Gellia 1. Near EF.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group 61 (25 September 2002), lot 1203.

The moneyer is possibly the famous annalist of the late 2nd century BC, whose historical works only survive in fragments, but may have been used by Livy in preparing his great volumes of Roman history.