CNG 103, Lot: 633. Estimate $300. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Q. Antonius Balbus. 83-82 BC. AR Serrate Denarius (19.5mm, 4.15 g, 5h). Rome mint. Laureate head of Jupiter right / Victory driving quadriga right, holding reins, palm frond, and wreath; L below. Crawford 364/1d; Sydenham 742b; Antonia 1; RBW 1374. Choice EF, lustrous with attractive light iridescent tone around the devices.

From the Dr. Lawrence D. Sporty Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Inventory 728584 (January 2002); Spink 155 (3 October 2001), lot 116.