Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 515. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009.  Sold For $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Petillius Capitolinus. September-December 43 BC. AR Denarius (3.78 g, 2h). Rome mint. Bare head of Jupiter right; CAPITOLINVS behind / Temple of Jupiter Capitolinus: richly decorated hexastyle temple with three garlands hanging between columns; PETILLIVS in exergue. Crawford 487/1; CRI 173; Sydenham 1149; Kestner 3704-6; BMCRR Rome 4217-9; Petillia 1. EF, a few shallow scratches on obverse. Exceptional centering and strike for issue.