Triton XX, Lot: 538. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

C. Coelius Caldus. 53 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.95 g, 11h). Rome mint. Bare head of the consul Caius Coelius Caldus right; to left, tablet inscribed L • D (Libero : Damno); C • COEL • CALDVS downward to right; [COS] below / Radiate head of Sol right; to left, oblong shield ornamented with thunderbolt, downward to right, CALDVS • III • VIR and Macedonian shield. Crawford 437/1a; Sydenham 891; Coelia 4; Kestner 3496-7; BMCRR Rome 3833-4; RBW 1549. EF, iridescent toning.

From the Archer M. Huntington Collection, ANS 1001.1.22499.