Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 594. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Mn. Fonteius C.f. 85 BC. AR Denarius (3.73 g, 10h). Rome mint. MN FONTEI C F behind, laureate head of Vejovis (or Apollo) right, wearing hair in loose locks; thunderbolt below; Roma monogram below chin / Infant winged Genius (or Cupid) seated on goat, standing right; caps of the Dioscuri above; thyrsus with fillet in exergue; all within laurel wreath. Crawford 353/1a var. (hair in ringlets); Sydenham 724 var. (same); Kestner 3107-3108; BMCRR Rome 2477; Fonteia 9 var. (same). Superb EF, handsome gold and gray toning. Perfect centering on both sides, struck on a broad flan.