Triton XVI, Lot: 776. Estimate $300. Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

C. Poblicius Q.f. 80 BC. AR Serrate Denarius (19mm, 3.80 g, 6h). Rome mint. Draped bust of Roma right, wearing helmet ornamented with gryphon’s head, and at each side a feather; ROMA downwards to left; P above / Hercules, naked, standing left, and strangling the Nemean lion; club on ground at his feet; bow case to left; P above left; C • POBLICI • Q • F upwards to right. Crawford 380/1; Sydenham 768; Kestner 3220-1 var. (control letter); BMCRR Rome 2896-2915 var. (same); Poblicia 9; CNR 18/29-30. Good VF, toned, shallow scratch on helmet.

From the Chiltern Collection. Ex Tony Hardy Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 61, 25 September 2002), lot 1386.