Triton XVI, Lot: 783. Estimate $500. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Man. Aquillius. 65 BC. AR Serrate Denarius (20mm, 3.87 g, 6h). Rome mint. Draped bust of Virtus right, wearing crested helmet, ornamented at the side with feather; VIRTVS upwards to right, III VIR downwards to left / Mn. Aquillius standing left, head right, raising with right hand a kneeling female figure left, Sicilia, who is half-naked and is sinking to the ground; (MN) • F • (MN) • N downwards to left, [(MN)] • AQVIL upwards to right, [SICIL in exergue]. Crawford 401/1; Sydenham 798; Kestner 3296-3298; BMCRR Rome 3364-3369; Aquillia 2. Superb EF.