Triton XVII, Lot: 535. Estimate $1500. Sold for $3000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

L. Roscius Fabatus. 59 BC. AR Serrate Denarius (18mm, 3.97 g, 6h). Rome mint. Head of Juno Sospita right, wearing goat-skin headdress; capstan to left; L ROSCI below / Female standing right, feeding from her dress a serpent, erect, left; round shield to left; FABATI in exergue. Crawford 412/1 (symbols 187); Sydenham 915; cf. Kestner 3394-3406 (unlisted symbols); cf. BMCRR Rome 3394-3510 (same); Roscia 3. Superb EF, lustrous, iridescent toning. Exceptional strike for issue.

Ex Jacob K. Stein Collection (Gemini V, 6 January 2009), lot 238 (displayed at Cincinnati Art Museum, 1994-2008, no. 130 of exhibition of 182 coins from his collection).