Triton XX, Lot: 526. Estimate $1500. Sold for $8500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Lucius Axius L.f. Naso. 70 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 4.02 g, 6h). Rome mint. Head of young beardless Mars right, wearing helmet ornamented with plumes; downward to left; NAS[O] below head; S • C below chin / Diana, holding spear in right hand and reins in left, driving biga of stags right; two hounds following behind, additional hound below stags; L • AXSIVS • L • F in exergue. Crawford 400/1a; Sydenham 794; Axia 1; Kestner –8; BMCRR Rome 3348-53; RBW 1441. EF, deeply toned. Rare.

From the collection of a director.