Triton XVI, Lot: 820. Estimate $300. Sold for $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Moneyer issues of Imperatorial Rome. C. Considius Paetus. 46 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 4.16 g, 3h). Rome mint. Laureate and diademed head of Venus right, wearing cruciform earring and necklace of pendants, hair collected in knot at back, which is ornamented with jewels, one lock of hair falling down neck, string of pearls at back of head; PAETI downwards to left / Victory driving galloping quadriga left, holding reins and palm frond in left hand, and wreath in right; C • CONSIDI in exergue. Crawford 465/3; CRI 78; Sydenham 992; Kestner 3626-7; BMCRR Rome 4087-9; Considia 6. Near EF, lightly toned, areas of slightly flat strike. Struck on a particularly round flan.

From the Goldman Roman Imperatorial Collection. Ex Tkalec (29 February 2008), lot 253.