Triton XX, Lot: 507. Estimate $500. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

C. Claudius Pulcher. 110-109 BC. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.98 g, 8h). Rome mint. Head of Roma right, wearing winged helmet, ornamented with griffin’s head, single-drop earring, and pearl necklace / Victory, holding reins in both hands, driving biga right; L above, C • PVLCHER in exergue. Crawford 300/1; Sydenham 569; Claudia 1; Kestner 2526-7; BMCRR Rome 1288-9; RBW 1143. Superb EF, lightly toned. Struck on a broad flan.

From the Dr. Patrick H. C. Tan Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Review XXXIX.2 (Summer 2014), no. 981933; Goldberg 80 (3 June 2014), lot 3014; Nomisma 37 (4 October 2008), lot 77.