CNG 85, Lot: 799. Estimate $300. Sold for $675. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

M. Volteius M.f. 75 BC. AR Denarius (17mm, 4.19 g, 7h). Rome mint. Head of Bacchus (or Liber) right, wearing ivy wreath / Ceres, standing in chariot, holding lighted torches, driving biga of snakes right; palm frond behind. Crawford 385/3; Sydenham 776; Volteia 3. Near EF, attractively toned, scratch under nose to edge and very light “S” graffito on cheek under tone.

From the Collection of a Northern California Gentleman. Ex Edward Gans Collection.