Triton XVII, Lot: 563. Estimate $750. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Moneyer issues of Imperatorial Rome. C. Vibius Varus. 42 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.84 g, 1h). Rome mint. Laureate and bearded head of Hercules right / Minerva, helmeted and draped, standing right, holding spear in right hand and holding Victory in extended left; shield set on ground to right; C • VIBIVS downwards to right, VARVS downwards to left. Crawford 494/37; CRI 193; Sydenham 1139; Kestner 3746-7; BMCRR Rome 4301-2; Vibia 23; CNR 65. Near EF, attractively toned, minor area of flat strike.

From the Archer M. Huntington Collection, ANS 1001.1.24850.