Triton XVI, Lot: 833. Estimate $2000. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Moneyer issues of Imperatorial Rome. Marcus Arrius Secundus. 43 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.62 g, 12h). Rome mint. Young, bare, male head (Octavian? or Quintus Arrius?) right, wearing slight beard; M • ARRIVS upwards behind, SECVNDVS downwards before / Hasta pura (vertical spear) between wreath on left and rectangular phalera (military decoration) on right. Crawford 513/2; CRI 319; Sydenham 1084; Kestner 3787; BMCRR Rome 4210; Arria 2. Near VF, toned, some porosity, banker’s mark on obverse, scrapes and scratches. Rare.

From the Goldman Roman Imperatorial Collection. Ex Westfälische Auktionsgesellschaft 49 (9 February 2009), lot 182; Blaser-Frey 13 (18 September 1964), lot 47.