Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 284. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $1150. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

L. Hostilius Saserna. 48 BC. AR Denarius (3.84 g, 4h). Rome mint. Bare head of Gallia right, wearing long and dishevelled hair; Gallic trumpet (carnyx) behind / Diana of Ephesus standing facing, wearing long flowing robes, holding stag by its antler with right hand, spear in left; L • HOSTILIVS to right, SASERNA to left. Crawford 448/3; CRI 19; Sydenham 953; Kestner 3541; BMCRR Rome 3996-8; Hostilia 4. EF, deep gray toning with iridescent highlights, a small area of flat strike on the head of Diana, a scratch on the bottom reverse, light cleaning scratches.

Ex Harry Strickhausen Collection (Triton IX, 10 January 2006), lot 1326.