Triton XIV, Lot: 573. Estimate $500. Sold for $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

L. Antestius Gragulus. 136 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 4.06 g, 9h). Rome mint. Head of Roma right, wearing winged helmet, ornamented with griffin’s head, visor in three pieces and peaked, spiral-shaped, single drop earring, pearl necklace, hair falling in three locks; GRAG behind, mark of value below chin / Jupiter, hurling thunderbolt in right hand and scepter in left, in fast quadriga driven right by Victory; L • ANTE (ligatured)S below, ROMA in exergue. Crawford 238/1; Sydenham 451; Kestner 2144-5; BMCRR Rome 976-8; Antestia 9. Superb EF, attractive light toning, minor flan flaw on obverse.