Triton XVII, Lot: 562. Estimate $300. Sold for $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Moneyer issues of Imperatorial Rome. C. Vibius Varus. 42 BC. AR Denarius (17mm, 4.08 g, 8h). Rome mint. Head of young Bacchus, wearing wreath of ivy and grapes, hair collected into a knot behind, one lock and fillet of wreath falling down his neck / Panther springing left; to left, garlanded altar surmounted by bacchic mask and thyrsus; C • VIBIVS in exergue, VARVS upwards to right. Crawford 494/36; CRI 192; Sydenham 1138; Kestner 3742-5; BMCRR Rome 4295-8; Vibia 24. Near EF, attractively toned.

From the Archer M. Huntington Collection, ANS 1001.1.24718.