CNG 85, Lot: 790. Estimate $750. Sold for $470. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

L. Calpurnius Piso Frugi. 90 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.80 g, 9h). Rome mint. Laureate head of Apollo right; pellet above cornucopia behind, mark of value below chin; all within bead and reel border / Horseman galloping left, holding reins and torch; star and pellet above. Crawford 340/1; cf. Sydenham 652-4b/651a (for obv./rev.); Calpurnia 11a; Babelon symbols 38/349. EF, toned. CNR cites only one example with these control symbols. Extremely rare.