Triton XVI, Lot: 811. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Moneyer issues of Imperatorial Rome. L. Hostilius Saserna. 48 BC. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.65 g, 10h). 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 • HOSTILI[VS] around. Crawford 448/3; CRI 19; Sydenham 953; Kestner 3541; BMCRR Rome 3996-8; Hostilia 4. Near EF, toned, some shallow scratches under tone.

From the Chiltern Collection. Ex Tony Hardy Collection (Triton VI, 14 January 2003), lot 759.