Triton XX, Lot: 539. Estimate $750. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

C. Coelius Caldus. 53 BC. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.97 g, 8h). Rome mint. Bare head of the consul C. Coelius Caldus right; to left, signum inscribed HIS; below chin, boar atop signum; [C • COE]L • CALDVS downward to right / Veiled figure seated left on lectisternium inscribed L • CALDVS/VII • (VR) • EP(VL) in two lines; trophies flanking; C CALDVS vertically to outer left, I(MP) • A • X vertically to outer right, C(ALDV)S • III V[IR] in exergue. Crawford 437/2a; Sydenham 894; Coelia 7; Kestner 3500-1; BMCRR Rome 3837; RBW 1551. Good VF, deep iridescent toning, hint of deposit on obverse at 11 o’clock and small die break on edge of obverse from 1 to 2 o’clock.

From the Archer M. Huntington Collection, ANS 1001.1.12824.