CNG 94, Lot: 1047. Estimate $3000. Sold for $5500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Didius Julianus. AD 193. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.05 g, 7h). Rome mint. IMP CAES M DID IVLIAN AVG, laureate head right / P M TR P COS, Fortuna standing left, holding rudder on globe in right hand and cornucopia in left. RIC IV 2; RSC 10; BMCRE 6. Good VF, attractive, somewhat iridescent tone.

From the Ronald J. Hansen Collection. Ex Dr. Robert B. Beckett, Jr. Collection (Triton IX, 10 January 2006), lot 1502.