Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 482. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009.  Sold For $675. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

C. Postumius. 73 BC. AR Denarius (3.85 g, 7h). Rome mint. Draped bust of Diana right, wearing hair tied into knot, bow and quiver over shoulder / Hunting dog running right, wearing collar; spear below; C • POSTVMI/TA (ligatured) in two lines in exergue. Crawford 394/1a; Sydenham 785; Kestner 3282-4; BMCRR Rome 3238-41; Postumia 9. EF, attractive old cabinet toning, shallow scratch on cheek beneath tone, hairline flan crack. Exceptionally bold details on both sides.