Triton XVII, Lot: 547. Estimate $500. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

C. Memmius C.f. 56 BC. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.79 g, 6h). Rome mint. Head of Ceres right, wearing wreath of grain ears, cruciform earring, and hair in knot, falling down neck in two locks; C • MEMMI • C • F downwards to right / Naked captive, his hands tied behind, kneeling right, on right knee, at foot of trophy of arms with a Greek shield; C • MEMMIVS downwards to right, IMPERATOR downwards to left. Crawford 427/1; Sydenham 920; Kestner 3461-2; BMCRR Rome 3937-9; Memmia 10. Good VF, toned, traces of die rust on reverse. Well centered.

From the Archer M. Huntington Collection, ANS 1001.1.24820.