Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 970. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008.  Sold For $490. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

C. Coelius Caldus. 53 BC. AR Denarius (3.77 g, 6h). Rome mint. Bare head of the consul C. Coelius Caldus right; behind, signum inscribed HIS; below chin, boar atop signum / Veiled figure seated left on lectisternium; two trophies flanking. Crawford 437/2a; Sydenham 894; Coelia 7. VF, toned, banker’s marks on neck, area of flat strike below neck and corresponding reverse. Bold portrait.