Triton XVI, Lot: 612. Estimate $500. Sold for $3000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of MAURETANIA. Ptolemy. AD 24-40. AR Denarius (15mm, 1.89 g, 10h). Caesarea mint. Dated RY 15 (AD 38/9). REX PTOLEMAE[VS], diademed and draped bust right / Capricorn right; R A XV (date) below. MAA 331; Mazard 461; Müller, Afrique 180; SNG Copenhagen –. Good VF, toned. Very rare.

From a Continental Collection, purchased privately in 1975.