Triton XVII, Lot: 504. Estimate $300. Sold for $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

M. Baebius Q.f. Tampilus. 137 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.94 g, 12h). Rome mint. Head of Roma left, wearing winged helmet, ornamented with griffin’s head, the visor in three pieces and peaked, wearing single-drop earring and pearl necklace, hair arranged in three symmetrical locks; X (mark of value) below chin, TAMPIL upwards to right / Apollo driving galloping quadriga right, holding branch in right hand, and reins, bow, and arrow in left; ROMA below; M • BAEBI [• Q • F]. Crawford 236/1e corr. (obv. legend does end with L); Sydenham 489; Kestner 2138; BMCRR Rome 935-7; Baebia 12. EF, slightly iridescent gray toning.

From the Archer M. Huntington Collection, ANS 1001.1.25504.