Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 583. Estimate $400.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $350. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

L. Thorius Balbus. 105 BC. AR Denarius (4.06 g, 8h). Rome mint. I • S • M • R behind, head of Juno Sospita right, wearing goat skin headdress / L • THORIV[S] below, BALB[VS] in exergue, bull charging right; A above. Crawford 316/1; Sydenham 598; cf. Kestner 2582-2586 var. (control letter); BMCRR Rome 1615-1616; Thoria 1. EF, lightly toned, reverse struck slightly off center.