CNG 96, Lot: 712. Estimate $300. Sold for $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

L. Sulla. 84-83 BC. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.99 g, 12h). Military mint moving with Sulla. Diademed head of Venus right; to right, Cupid standing left, holding palm frond / Capis and lituus between two trophies. Crawford 359/2; Sydenham 761a; Cornelia 30. Good VF, toned, some old scratches on the obverse.

From the Archer M. Huntington Collection, ANS 1001.1.12813.