Triton XVI, Lot: 774. Estimate $300. Sold for $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

L. Sulla. Circa 81 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.92 g, 12h). Uncertain mint. Diademed head of Venus right, wearing earring and pearl necklace / Double cornucopia filled with fruit and flowers, bound with fillet; Q below. Crawford 375/2; Sydenham 755; Kestner 3201-2; BMCRR East 17-19; Cornelia 33. Good VF, toned, a few dings on either side, hairline flan crack, obverse die break.

From the Chiltern Collection.