Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 1013. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008.  Sold For $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

L. Papius Celsus. 45 BC. AR Denarius (3.56 g, 2h). Rome mint. Head of Juno Sospita right, wearing goat skin headdress / She-wolf standing right, placing stick on fire; on right, eagle standing left, fanning the flames. Crawford 472/1; CRI 82; Sydenham 964; Papia 2. Good VF, lightly toned, underlying luster, bankers’ mark on obverse. Well struck for issue.