Triton XVII, Lot: 516. Estimate $300. Sold for $2000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Q. Thermus M.f. 103 BC. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.85 g, 6h). Rome mint. Head of Mars left, wearing crested helmet, ornamented with plume and annulet / Two warriors fighting, each armed with sword in right hand and shield in left; the one on the left protects a fallen comrade; the other wears horned helmet; Q • (THE)RM M [F] in exergue. Crawford 319/1; Sydenham 592; Kestner 2597-8; BMCRR Italy 653-6; Minucia 19. EF, brown and dark gray tone. Bold strike.

From the Archer M. Huntington Collection, ANS 1001.1.24892.