Triton XX, Lot: 546. Estimate $500. Sold for $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Moneyer issues of Imperatorial Rome. Albinus Bruti f. 48 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.85 g, 11h). Rome mint. Head of young Mars, with slight beard, wearing crested helmet / Two carnyces (Gallic trumpets) in saltire; oval shield above; round shield below; ALBINVS downwards to right, BRVTI • F upwards to left. Crawford 450/1a; CRI 25; Sydenham 941; Postumia 11; Kestner 3551; BMCRR Rome 3962-3; RBW 1576. Near EF, deeply toned, hint of weak strike at periphery of reverse.

From the Archer M. Huntington Collection, ANS 1001.1.10607.