Triton XVII, Lot: 565. Estimate $750. Sold for $2750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Moneyer issues of Imperatorial Rome. Petillius Capitolinus. 41 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.81 g, 6h). Rome mint. Eagle with wings spread standing facing on thunderbolt, head right; PETILLIVS above, CAPITOLINVS below / Temple of Jupiter Capitolinus: richly decorated hexastyle temple with three garlands hanging between columns; the pediment ornamented with armed figures; in the tympanum is a seated figure of Jupiter between two other figures. Crawford 487/2a; CRI 174; Sydenham 1150; Kestner 3707-8; BMCRR Rome 4220-1; Petillia 2. Near EF, attractively toned.

From the Archer M. Huntington Collection, ANS 1001.1.24924.