Triton XVI, Lot: 825. Estimate $750. Sold for $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Moneyer issues of Imperatorial Rome. Lollius Palicanus. 45 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.94 g, 6h). Rome mint. Diademed head of Libertas right, wearing cruciform earring and pearl necklace, one lock of hair falling down her neck; LIBERTATIS downwards to left / View of Rostra in the Roman Forum, ornamented with ships’ beaks and surmounted by subsellium (tribune’s bench); PALIKANI above. Crawford 473/1 var. (legend on rev.); CRI 86; Sydenham 960a; Kestner 3655-6 var. (same); BMCRR Rome 4011-2 var (same); Lollia 2a. Near EF, attractive, dark toning.

From the Goldman Roman Imperatorial Collection. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 40 (16 May 2007), lot 568.