Triton XX, Lot: 540. Estimate $2000. Sold for $2250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Servius Sulpicius. 51 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.92 g, 7h). Rome mint. Laureate head of Apollo right; SER downward to left, S(VL)P upward to right / Ornate naval trophy, consisting of a central vexillum atop prow of galley set on base, and decorated with rudder, palm frond, anchor, apluster and prow; to left, draped figure standing facing; to right, naked Macedonian captive standing facing. Crawford 438/1; Sydenham 931; Sulpicia 8; Kestner 3505-6; BMCRR Rome 3907; RBW 1553. VF, toned. Rare.

From the Archer M. Huntington Collection, ANS 1001.1.24885.