Triton XVI, Lot: 810. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Moneyer issues of Imperatorial Rome. L. Hostilius Saserna. 48 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.93 g, 8h). Rome mint. Bare head of Gallia right, wearing long, dissheveled hair; carnyx (Gallic trumpet) behind / Diana (Artemis) of Ephesus standing facing, laureate, wearing long hair falling down her shoulders and long flowing robes, holding spear in left hand and stag by its antlers in her right; SASERNA L • HOSTILIVS around. Crawford 448/3; CRI 19; Sydenham 953; Kestner 3541; BMCRR Rome 3996-8; Hostilia 4. EF, luster beneath light toning, areas of die rust.

From the Goldman Roman Imperatorial Collection. Ex Tkalec (29 February 2008), lot 227.