Triton XVI, Lot: 818. Estimate $500. Sold for $2800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Moneyer issues of Imperatorial Rome. T. Carisius. 46 BC. AR Denarius (17mm, 4.10 g, 7h). Rome mint. Head of Sibyl Herophile right, hair elaborately decorated with jewels and enclosed in a sling, tied with bands / Sphinx seated right; T • CARISIVS above; III • VIR in exergue. Crawford 464/1; CRI 69; Sydenham 983a; Kestner 3610; BMCRR Rome 4061; Carisia 11. Near EF, toned. Exceptional strike for issue.

From a Continental Collection. Ex Frederick S. Knobloch Collection (Stack’s, 3 May 1978), lot 578.