Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 983. Estimate $1500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008.  Sold For $1750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

L. Hostilius Saserna. 48 BC. AR Denarius (3.79 g, 3h). Rome mint. Head of captive Gallic warrior (Vercingetorix?) right; Gallic shield to left / Two warriors in galloping biga right, one driving and the other holding shield and brandishing spear. Crawford 448/2a; CRI 18; Sydenham 952; Hostilia 2. Good VF, toned, minor obverse die wear, tiny nick on reverse.

The obverse portrait has sometimes been identified as the famous chief of the Arverni, Vercingetorix, whom Julius Caesar captured in 52 BC in Alesia.