Triton XIV, Lot: 584. Estimate $500. Sold for $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

C. Piso L.f. Frugi. 61 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 4.05 g, 6h). Rome mint. Head of Apollo right, hair bound with taenia, falling in ringlets; hammer behind / Horseman, holding palm frond tied with fillet and reins, on horse galloping right; L • PISO • L • F • FRV/P in two lines below. Crawford 408/1b (O132/R163); Hersh, Piso 404 (O302/R2123); Sydenham 860a; cf. Kestner 3347 (different sequence marks); BMCRR Rome 3744; Calpurnia 24b. Superb EF, toned, shallow scratch on reverse in exergue under tone.