Triton XVII, Lot: 521. Estimate $300. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

L. Pomponius Molo. 97 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.92 g, 2h). Rome mint. Laureate head of Apollo right; L • POMPON • MOLO around / Numa Pompilius, holding lituus in left hand, standing right before a lighted altar, at which he is about to sacrifice a goat, which is led by a victimarius; [N]U(MA) • PO(MP)IL in exergue. Crawford 334/1; Sydenham 607; Kestner 2643-4; BMCRR Italy 733-8; Pomponia 6. EF, darkly toned, a pair of flan cracks, traces of porosity.

From the Archer M. Huntington Collection, ANS 1001.1.10531.