Triton XVII, Lot: 498. Estimate $300. Sold for $2000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Spurius Afranius. 150 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 4.08 g, 3h). Rome mint. Head of Roma right, wearing winged helmet, ornamented with griffin’s head, the visor in three pieces and peaked, wearing triple-drop earring and pearl necklace, hair arranged in three symmetrical locks; X (mark of value) to left / Victory driving galloping biga right, holding reins in left hand and whip in right; SAFRA below; ROMA on tablet in exergue. Crawford 206/1; Sydenham 388; Kestner 1975-8; BMCRR Rome 670-4; Afrania 1. EF, toned. Exceptional strike from fresh dies.

From the Archer M. Huntington Collection, ANS 1001.1.25396.