CNG 96, Lot: 723. Estimate $300. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Moneyer issues of Imperatorial Rome. Petillius Capitolinus. 41 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.83 g, 9h). Rome mint. Eagle, with wings spread, standing facing, head right, on thunderbolt / 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; Petillia 2. Near EF, toned, banker’s mark on obverse.

From the Archer M. Huntington Collection, ANS 1001.1.12790.